Astronomers have for the first time used distant galaxies as ‘scintillating pins’ to locate and identify…
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Astronomy
Hubble Sees A Stellar Furnace
An orange glow radiates from the center of NGC 1792, the heart of this stellar furnace.…
At Cosmic Noon, Puffy Galaxies Make Stars For Longer
Massive galaxies with extra-large extended “puffy” disks produced stars for longer than their more compact cousins,…
Bizarre Activity By One Of The Strongest Magnets In The Universe
Astronomers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) and CSIRO have just…
Hubble Spots An Interstellar Interaction
The life of a planetary nebula is often chaotic, from the death of its parent star…
Hubble Views a Dazzling ‘Fireworks Galaxy’
The galaxy NGC 6946 is nothing short of spectacular. Click here for original…
When Galaxies Collide
It was previously thought that collisions between galaxies would necessarily add to the activity of the…
New Galaxy Sheds Light On How Stars Form
A lot is known about galaxies. We know, for instance, that the stars within them are…
NASA’s Roman Mission Will Probe Galaxy’s Core for Hot Jupiters, Brown Dwarfs
When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will explore an expansive…
Hubble Snaps Stunning Barred Spiral Galaxy
First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Herschel, NGC 613 is a galaxy that lies…