Hubble glimpses globular cluster NGC 6544
The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This cluster of tightly bound stars lies more than 8,000 light-years away from Earth and is, like all globular clusters, a densely popu.....»»
Daily Telescope: A stunning image of a star cluster in a nearby galaxy
A bright young star within a colorful nebula. Enlarge / This image features an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, O. Nayak, M. Meixner) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a.....»»
Image: Hubble spies side-by-side galaxies
A barred spiral galaxy and a lenticular galaxy come together to create this interacting pair known as Arp 140. The lenticular galaxy, NGC 274, is visible on the right side of this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, and the barred spiral, NGC 275,.....»»
Hear the otherworldly sounds of interacting galaxies with this Hubble sonification
Hubble scientists have created a sonification of interacting galaxy pair Arp 140, translating the colors and brightness of the image into sound......»»
Image: Hubble glimpses bright galaxy group LEDA 60847
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a group of interacting galaxies known as LEDA 60847......»»
Hubble observes an askew galaxy coaxing star formation from its partner
Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 05028 (the smaller face-on spiral galaxy) and UGC 05029 (the larger face-on spiral). Likely due to its gravitational dance with its larger partner, UGC 05028 has an asymmetric, irregular structure, wh.....»»
Hubble captures an exceptionally luminous supernova site
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the aftermath of an epic explosion in space, caused by the death of a massive star......»»
Image: Hubble views a galactic supernova site
This image features a relatively small galaxy known as UGC 5189A, which is located about 150 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study a supernova explosion in 2010 kno.....»»
No, the James Webb Space Telescope hasn’t found life out there—at least not yet
There is a robust debate ongoing in the scientific community. Enlarge / An artist's impression of the planet K2-18b and its clouds. (credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser) The rumors have been out there for a while now, perc.....»»
Astronomers produce most sensitive radio image ever of ancient star cluster
A global team of astronomers have created the most sensitive radio image ever of a globular cluster, an ancient ball of tightly packed stars......»»
Image: Hubble captures a monster merger
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that in fact comprises two galaxies—NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral—that are in the midst of a collision. This dra.....»»
Hubble images a pair of galaxies caught in the process of merging
The two galaxies shown in the image, NGC 6040 and LEDA 59642, are so close that they are interacting and have a shared name as a pair, Arp 122......»»
Check out the weirdest tech from CES 2024
It wouldn't be CES if there weren't companies on the show floor overcomplicating basic human needs or scaring us with freakish robots. Here's what is weird at CES 2024.Weird CES 2024The annual Consumer Electronics Show is filled with glimpses of the.....»»
Archeologists map lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon, settlements that lasted 1,000 years
Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago......»»
Another example of a fantastic Einstein ring
The most evocative astronomy images take us across space and time to stars and galaxies billions of light-years away. Nestled at the center of this one, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a collection of three galaxies. They're not all that clos.....»»
"Stellar paternity tests" match orphaned stars to their Milky Way origins
In the chaotic environment of open star clusters, strong gravitational interactions between bodies can launch individual stars far outside the cluster, even outside our galaxy, the Milky Way. Now, for the first time researchers have mapped several of.....»»
Daily Telescope: A galactic neighborhood that isn’t
Hubble's still got it. Enlarge / Some objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. (credit: NASA, ESA, et. al.) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough li.....»»
Cerne Abbas Giant is a depiction of Hercules
It's "just the most visible of a whole cluster of early medieval features in the landscape." Enlarge / Behold, the "Rude Man" chalk giant carved on a hill above the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. (credit: Barry Batche.....»»
Daily Telescope: The Wizard Nebula captured above Germany
The stars in this cluster are estimated to be about 4 to 12 million years old. Enlarge / The Wizard Nebula. (credit: George Amanakis) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world a.....»»
Hubble captures a busy frame of four overlapping spiral galaxies
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a host of galaxies all overlapping each other in a complex swirl......»»
Globular cluster VVV CL002 is falling down to the galactic center, study finds
Using the Magellan Clay telescope in Chile, astronomers have performed high-resolution spectroscopic observations of a galactic globular cluster known as VVV CL002. They found that the cluster is falling down to the Milky Way's center. The discovery.....»»