Galaxy NGC 4535, a barred spiral galaxy located some 54 million light years from Earth in the constellation Virgo, as imaged by the Hubble Space…
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Magnetic field streamlines detected by SOFIA are shown over an image of the Whirlpool galaxy, M51, from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. For the first time,…
This six-minute visual exploration of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field showcases the characteristics and contents of this landmark observation, as well as its four-dimensional nature…
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Folatelli First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Hershel, NGC 613 is a galaxy that lies in the southern…
To celebrate a new year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has published a montage of six beautiful galaxy mergers. Each of these merging systems was…
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 6946, which has earned the nickname the “Fireworks Galaxy.” Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Leroy, K. S.…
This Hubble Space Telescope image of the heart of nearby active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark shadows coming from…
This is an illustration of a distant galaxy with an active quasar at its center. A quasar emits exceptionally large amounts of energy generated by…
Composite image of the Orion Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech STScI Gaseous swirls of hydrogen,…
This video shows the drastic changes to the planetary nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, over two decades as captured by NASA’s Hubble Space…
This bright bar of light captured by the Hubble Space Telescope is the magnificent central bar of NGC 2217, a barred spiral galaxy located in…
Picture of NGC 1947, unusual lenticular galaxy, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Rosario, Acknowledgement: L. Shatz This unusual…
The Hubble Space Telescope turned 30 this year, and for the occasion, it’s sharing a present with you. NASA has just released dozens of newly…
[embedded content]This video is a full-globe map of the distant planet Neptune, created from Hubble Space Telescope data taken January 7-8, 2020. The movie reveals…
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of GAL-CLUS-022058s, located in the southern hemisphere constellation of Fornax (The Furnace). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Jha, Acknowledgement: L.…
The 11-Jupiter-mass exoplanet called HD106906 b occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away and it may be offering clues to something…
Galaxy NGC 1792 captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee, Acknowledgement: Leo Shatz An orange glow radiates from the…
This video shows the drastic changes to the planetary nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, over two decades as captured by NASA’s Hubble Space…
Hubble Space Telescope image of a large expanse of space features the galaxy SDSSJ225506.80+005839.9. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Zabludoff This large expanse of space…
This illustration shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in its high orbit 600 kilometers above Earth. Credit: European Space Agency [embedded content] The Hubble Space…