The spiral galaxy M91 fills the frame of this Wide Field Camera 3 observation from the…
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Astronomy
A First Glimpse Of What Webb Space Telescope Can Do
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is aligned across all four of its science instruments, as seen…
The Interacting Galaxy Pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510
The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 take center stage in this image from…
Hubble Reveals Surviving Companion Star in Aftermath of Supernova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a witness at the scene of a star’s explosive death:…
Swift Tracks Potential Magnetic Flip of Monster Black Hole
A rare and enigmatic outburst from a galaxy 236 million light-years away may have been sparked…
Hubble Views Ultra-diffuse Galaxy GAMA 526784
The ultra-diffuse galaxy GAMA 526784 appears as a tenuous patch of light in this image from…
The Instability At The Beginning Of Our Solar System
Michigan State University’s Seth Jacobson and colleagues in China and France have unveiled a new theory…
NASA And DLR Decide To Conclude SOFIA’s Mission
NASA and its partners at the German Space Agency at the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und…
Chandra X-ray Image Of NGC 4258
NGC 4258 is a spiral galaxy about 25 million light years from Earth, also known as…
A New Type Of Stellar Explosion Discovered: Micronovae
Astronomers have discovered a new kind of stellar explosion that could be commonplace in the universe…