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This Hubble image shows a massive galaxy cluster (bottom left corner) and three images of the gravitationally lensed galaxy SGAS 0033+02. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Five filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / E. Wuyts.

Hubble Spots Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy in Pisces

Nov 22, 2021 by News Staff

What makes SGAS 0033+02, an extremely distant galaxy in the constellation of Pisces, interesting is a little unusual — it appears not just once in...

Hubble’s photo of Jupiter displays the ever-changing landscape of its turbulent atmosphere. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Amy Simon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Michael H. Wong, University of California, Berkeley / Joseph DePasquale, STScI.

Hubble Observes Solar System’s Giant Planets

Nov 19, 2021 by News Staff

Hubble’s snapshots of the outer Solar System’s planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — reveal both extreme and subtle changes...

This Hubble image shows a protostar called J1672835.29-763111.64. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / T. Megeath, University of Toledo / K. Stapelfeldt, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Gladys Kober, NASA / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Infant Star in IC 2631

Nov 19, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking infrared image of a protostar called J1672835.29-763111.64 (J1672 for short). This...

This image shows Pisces VI/Tri III, a dwarf galaxy located 3.2 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. Image credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys.

Amateur Astronomer Discovers New Dwarf Galaxy

Nov 18, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Named Pisces VII/Triangulum (Tri) III, the newly-discovered galaxy is an ultra-faint dwarf satellite candidate of the Triangulum galaxy (also known as...

This Hubble image shows G035.20-0.74, a star-forming nebula located 7,143 light-years away in the constellation of Aquila. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Tan, Chalmers University of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Spots Colorful Star-Forming Nebula

Nov 18, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the massive star-forming nebula G035.20-0.74. This Hubble image...

This image shows the closest stellar system to the Sun, the bright double star Alpha Centauri AB and its distant and faint companion Proxima Centauri. Image credit: ESO / B. Tafreshi, twanight.org / Digitized Sky Survey 2 / Davide De Martin / Mahdi Zamani.

TOLIMAN Space Telescope Will Look for Potentially Habitable Exoplanets in Alpha Centauri System

Nov 17, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers from the University of Sydney, the Breakthrough Initiative, Saber Aeronautics and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced this week the...

This Hubble images shows the dark nebula LDN 1165. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / T. Megeath, University of Toledo / K. Stapelfeldt, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Looks at Absorption Nebula LDN 1165

Nov 17, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of LDN 1165, a sinuous, inky-black nebula located in the constellation...

This Hubble image shows part of IC 2631, a reflection nebula some 500 light-years away in the constellation of Chamaeleon. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / K. Stapelfeldt, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Zooms in on Reflection Nebula IC 2631

Nov 16, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a beautiful image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the reflection nebula IC 2631. This Hubble image shows part of IC...

This Hubble image shows UGC 11537, a spiral galaxy some 217.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquila. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Seth.

Hubble Sees Majestic Spiral Galaxy on the Edge

Nov 15, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of the edge-on spiral galaxy UGC 11537. This Hubble image shows UGC 11537, a spiral...

Earth’s Quasi-Satellite Kamooalewa Could Be Fragment of the Moon

Nov 12, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Using the Large Binocular Telescope and the Lowell Discovery Telescope, astronomers have conducted a comprehensive physical characterization of the near-Earth...

This artist’s impression shows NGC 1850 BH1 and a massive star orbiting it. The distortion of the star’s shape is due to the strong gravitational force exerted by the black hole. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Astronomers Detect Stellar-Mass Black Hole in Large Magellanic Cloud

Nov 12, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a low-mass black hole in the...

An artist’s rendition of an eggshell exoplanet. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Eggshell Exoplanets: Rocky Worlds with Ultra-Thin Brittle Lithospheres Could Theoretically Exist

Nov 11, 2021 by News Staff

The thickness of the brittle lithosphere — the outer portion of a planetary body that fails via fracturing — plays a key role in the geological...

This Hubble image shows part of the Snowman Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Tan, Chalmers University of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Looks at Snowman Nebula

Nov 11, 2021 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of part of the Snowman Nebula. This Hubble image shows part of the Snowman Nebula....

Graphical table of all gravitational wave events discovered from 2015 through the end of LIGO/Virgo’s third observing run. The table includes the gravitational event name, the type of binary component (black hole, neutron star, or uncertain), the masses of the primary and secondary, and the mass of the final merged object. Image credit: LIGO / Virgo / KAGRA / C. Knox / H. Middleton.

Astrophysicists Detect 35 New Gravitational-Wave Events

Nov 10, 2021 by News Staff

Astrophysicists from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration have detected a further 35 gravitational waves since the last catalog release in October 2020,...

This Hubble image shows frEGGs J203441.7+405216, compact globules of interstellar dust and gas located in the constellation of Cygnus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Sahai, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Finds Free-Floating EGGs in Northern Coalsack Nebula

Nov 10, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs) are the recently-discovered class of star-forming nurseries. This Hubble image shows frEGGs J203441.7+405216,...

This Hubble image shows DEM L249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova located some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Mensa. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Y. Chou, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Observes Distant Remnant of Type Ia Supernova

Nov 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shot this image of the supernova remnant DEM L249. This Hubble image shows DEM L249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova...

This VST image shows NGC 3314A and NGC 3314B, a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies located in the constellation of Hydra. Image credit: ESO / VST / Iodice et al.

VST Spots Superimposed Pair of Spiral Galaxies: NGC 3314

Nov 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has produced a spectacular image of NGC 3314, a pair of spiral galaxies located in the direction of the Hydra I cluster. This...

This artist’s impression shows NGP-190387, a dusty star-forming galaxy that is so far away its light has taken over 12 billion years to reach us. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.

ALMA Detects Fluorine in Distant Star-Forming Galaxy

Nov 8, 2021 by News Staff

Fluorine is one of the most interesting elements for nuclear and stellar astrophysics. Fluorine abundance was first measured for stars other than the Sun...

Levin et al suggest that we could have more in common with our extraterrestrial neighbors than initially thought. Image credit: Fernando Ribas.

Astrobiologists Call for New Framework in Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Nov 8, 2021 by News Staff

The question of whether we are alone in the Universe has been a source of wonder for humanity for millennia or more. Advances in planetary sciences, astronomy,...