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This collection of 19 face-on spiral galaxies from Webb in near- and mid-infrared light is at once overwhelming and awe-inspiring. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / J. Lee, STScI / T. Williams, Oxford / PHANGS Team / E. Wheatley, STScI.

Webb Images 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies

Jan 30, 2024 by News Staff

These new images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope are part of the large, long-standing Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS...

Masterson et al. identified 18 new tidal disruption events -- extreme instances when a nearby star is tidally drawn into a black hole and ripped to shreds. Image credit: Masterson et al., doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad18bb.

Astronomers Discover 18 New Tidal Disruption Events

Jan 30, 2024 by News Staff

A tidal disruption event occurs when a star winds up so close to a supermassive black hole that the tidal forces exceed the star’s self-gravity and shred...

This Hubble image shows Arp 295a, a member of the galaxy group Arp 295. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton, University of Washington / R. Windhorst, Arizona State University / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Spots 250,000-Light-Year-Long Bridge of Stars in Arp 295

Jan 30, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed image of part of a 250,000-light-year-long bridge of stars and gas that stretches...

This Hubble image shows UGC 11105, a spiral galaxy some 110 million light years in the constellation of Hercules. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R.J. Foley, UC Santa Cruz.

Hubble Looks at Little-Known Spiral Galaxy

Jan 29, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing photo of the spiral galaxy UGC 11105. This Hubble image shows UGC 11105,...

This Hubble image shows LEDA 60847, a group of interacting galaxies located in the constellation of Draco. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Barth, University of California – Irvine / M. Koss, Eureka Scientific Inc. / A. Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Captures Stunning Galaxy Collision: LEDA 60847

Jan 25, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a spectacular image of a group of interacting galaxies known as LEDA 60847. This Hubble image shows LEDA...

The water detection in the transit spectrum of Gliese 9827d makes it the first water world candidate with an atmospheric water detection consistent with a water-rich envelope. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Leah Hustak, STScI / Ralf Crawford, STScI.

Hubble Detects Water Vapor in Atmosphere of Gliese 9827d

Jan 25, 2024 by News Staff

Using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have detected water vapor in the transmission...

This Hubble image shows Arp 300, a pair of interacting galaxies some 185 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton, University of Washington / R. Windhorst, Arizona State University / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Dance of Two Spiral Galaxies

Jan 24, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at an interacting galaxy pair called Arp 300. This Hubble image shows...

This Hubble image shows N79, a star-forming region located 163,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / M. Meixner.

Webb Looks at Massive Star-Forming Complex in Large Magellanic Cloud

Jan 23, 2024 by News Staff

Using the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a spectacular image of N79, a region...

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration released new images of M87* from observations taken in April 2018, one year after the first observations in April 2017. The new observations reveal a familiar, bright ring of emission, the same size as as first observed. The brightest part of the ring has shifted by about 30º, to a 5 o’clock position, relative to the 2017 image. Image credit: EHT Collaboration.

New Observations of Messier 87’s Black Hole Support Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

Jan 23, 2024 by News Staff

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration reported the first-ever event-horizon-scale images of a black hole, resolving the central...

This Hubble image shows IC 438, a spiral galaxy some 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Lepus. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through two filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R.J. Foley, UC Santa Cruz.

Hubble Sees Stunning Spiral Galaxy: IC 438

Jan 22, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a detailed image of a spectacular part of IC 438, a spiral galaxy located in the constellation...

GN-z11. Image credit: NASA / ESA / P. Oesch, Yale University / G. Brammer, STScI / P. van Dokkum, Yale University / G. Illingworth, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Webb Detects Oldest Black Hole Yet Known

Jan 18, 2024 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected a small and vigorous black hole in GN-z11, an exceptionally luminous galaxy...

Paduano et al. identified a new radio source (white square) in the center of 47 Tucanae (red circle). Image credit: Paduano et al., doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad0e68.

ATCA Detects Compact Radio Source in Center of 47 Tucanae

Jan 17, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array have captured the most detailed radio image ever seen of 47 Tucanae, the second brightest...

This artist’s concept shows the entire sky in gamma rays with magenta circles illustrating the uncertainty in the direction from which more high-energy gamma rays than average seem to be arriving. In this view, the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs across the middle of the map. The circles enclose regions with a 68% (inner) and a 95% chance of containing the origin of these gamma rays. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Fermi Spots Strange Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Feature

Jan 17, 2024 by News Staff

Intriguingly, the gamma-ray signal detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is found in a similar direction and with a nearly identical magnitude...

HD 63433d sits close to its parent star, HD 63433, while two neighboring, mini-Neptune-sized planets, HD 63433b and HD 63433c, orbit farther out. Image credit: Alyssa Jankowski.

Earth-Sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting HD 63433

Jan 15, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have spotted an Earth-sized planet transiting the young Sun-like star HD 63433. HD...

This Hubble image shows UGC 5189A, an irregular galaxy some 150 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Filippenko.

Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Supernova-Hosting Galaxy

Jan 15, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new picture of the relatively small galaxy UGC 5189A, which is found in the constellation of Leo. This...

This Hubble image shows the host galaxy of the exceptionally powerful fast radio burst FRB 20220610A. Image credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / Alexa Gordon, Northwestern University.

Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst Localized to Extremely Distant Galaxy Group

Jan 10, 2024 by News Staff

A fast radio burst event called FRB 20220610A flashed in what seems like an unlikely place: a collection of at least seven galaxies that existed when the...

This artist’s impression shows exocomets orbiting beta Pictoris. Image credit: L. Calçada / ESO.

Webb’s New View of Beta Pictoris Suggests Recent Massive Collision

Jan 10, 2024 by News Staff

Dr. Christopher Stark from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and his colleagues present new coronagraphic images from the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera)...

This artist’s illustration shows WASP-121b, an alien world that is losing magnesium and iron gas from its atmosphere. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Olmsted, STScI.

Hubble Detects Massive Cyclones in Atmosphere of WASP-121b

Jan 10, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected massive cyclones and other dynamic weather activity swirling on WASP-121b, an ultrahot-Jupiter...

An artist’s impression of the brown dwarf W1935. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / L. Hustak, STScI.

Webb Detects Auroral Signature in Extremely Cold Brown Dwarf

Jan 9, 2024 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected a brown dwarf with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy in...