This star-studded image shows the globular cluster Terzan 9 in the constellation Sagittarius, toward the center…
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Astronomy
The Veil Nebula As Seen By Hubble
This Picture of the Week revisits the Veil Nebula, a popular subject for Hubble images! …
Hubble Peers Through Giant Elliptical’s Layers
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the central region of the gigantic elliptical galaxy…
Dead Star Caught Ripping Up A Planetary System
A star’s death throes have so violently disrupted its planetary system that the dead star left…
New Images Using Data From Retired Telescopes Reveal Hidden Features
The stunning perspectives show four of our galactic neighbors in a different light. …
Dusty Disks Imaged from NSF’s NOIRLab
This mosaic of dusty, swirling disks shows a sample of images captured from the International Gemini…
Astronomers Map Violent Star Formation In A Nebula Outside Our Galaxy
“These fragments may be the remains of once-larger clouds that have been shredded by the enormous…
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope To Help Untangle Galaxy Growth, Dark Matter Makeup
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond…
Dark Matter Detector Observes Rarest Event Ever Recorded
How do you observe a process that takes more than one trillion times longer than the…
Scientists On The Hunt For Planetary Formation Fossils Reveal Unexpected Eccentricities In Nearby Debris Disk
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have imaged the debris disk of the nearby…