Tag Archive for 'Arp 220'

$This image, captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), shows Arp 220, a duo of colliding galaxies with merging cores; the brilliant light from the star-formation surrounding these cores creates diffraction spikes. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / K. Pontoppidan, STScI / A. Pagan, STScI.$

Webb Sees Ultraluminous Galaxy Collision: Arp 220

Apr 18, 2023 by News Staff

Arp 220 is the result of a collision between two spiral galaxies; the enormous object glows brightest in infrared light, making it an ideal target for...

This image, from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp 220. Image credit: NASA / ESA / C. Wilson, McMaster University.

Search for Extraterrestrial Super-Civilizations Finds Nothing in 100,000 WISE Galaxies

Apr 15, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers led by Roger Griffith of the Pennsylvania State University say they have found no evidence of so-called Type III Kardashev super-civilizations...