Tag Archive for 'Galaxy cluster'

This image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the galaxy cluster SDSS J1336-0331. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Catches Enormous Cluster of Galaxies

Jul 16, 2018 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of a massive galaxy cluster called SDSS J1336-0331. This image, taken with the Wide...

This Hubble image shows the giant galaxy cluster RXC J2211.7-0350. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Spots Cluster of Diverse Galaxies

Jul 2, 2018 by News Staff

An incredible new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the diverse collection of galaxies in RXC J2211.7-0350, a massive galaxy cluster...

This Hubble image shows the diverse collection of galaxies in the galaxy cluster Abell S0740. The giant elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004 looms large at the cluster’s center. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team / STScI / AURA / J. Blakeslee, Washington State University.

Astrophysicists Conduct Most Precise Extrasolar Test Yet of Einstein’s Gravity

Jun 21, 2018 by News Staff

Dr. Thomas Collett, an astrophysicist and cosmologist at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and co-authors have made the most precise test of Albert Einstein’s...

This Hubble image shows the giant galaxy cluster RXC J0949.8+1707. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Sees One Distant Cluster Galaxy, Three Supernovae

Jun 18, 2018 by News Staff

Numerous fuzzy blobs and glowing shapes scattered across this image — taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — make up RXC J0949.8+1707,...

This Hubble image shows the massive galaxy cluster RXC J0232.2-4420. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Sees Massive Galaxy Cluster: RXC J0232.2-4420

Jun 11, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures that can be found in the Universe. A remarkable new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

In this Hubble image the light from a distant galaxy, nearly 9.5 billion light-years away, has been warped into a giant arc of light in the galaxy cluster SDSS J1156+1911. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Hubble Sees Giant Gravitational Arc

May 29, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found a giant arc of light behind SDSS J1156+1911, a cluster of hundreds of galaxies located...

At first glance, this Hubble image is dominated by the glow of the swirling spiral to the lower left of the frame. However, this galaxy is far from the most interesting spectacle here -- behind it sits the galaxy cluster SDSS J0333-0651. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Focuses on Massive Cluster of Galaxies

May 21, 2018 by News Staff

Galaxy clusters are the largest stable systems in the Universe. They can contain thousands of galaxies all held together by the glue of gravity. A spectacular...

Astronomers Find Evidence for Stars Forming Only 250 Million Years after Big Bang

May 17, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has used observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...

This Hubble image shows the rich galaxy cluster RXC J0032.1+1808. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Rich Galaxy Cluster

May 7, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures that can be found in the Universe — giant groupings of galaxies bound together by gravity....

In the upper part of this Hubble image, the light from distant galaxies has been smeared and twisted into odd shapes, arcs, and streaks. This phenomenon indicates the presence of a massive galaxy cluster, SDSS J0150+2725, which is bending the light coming from the galaxies behind it with its monstrous gravitational influence. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Giant Galaxy Cluster

Apr 30, 2018 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a fantastic photo of a massive galaxy cluster named SDSS J0150+2725. In the upper part of this Hubble...

This artist’s impression of SPT2349-56 shows a group of interacting and merging galaxies in the early Universe. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Astronomers Discover Two Massive Protoclusters of Young Galaxies in Early Universe

Apr 26, 2018 by News Staff

Peering deep into space — an astounding 90% of the way across the observable Universe — two groups of astronomers led by University of Edinburgh’s...

This Hubble image shows the distant and massive galaxy cluster that is officially known as PSZ2 G138.61-10.84. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Views Distant and Massive Galaxy Cluster

Apr 16, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows PSZ2 G138.61-10.84, a colossal galaxy cluster located approximately 6 billion light-years away...

This Hubble image shows PLCK G308.3-20.2, a massive galaxy cluster that lies 5 billion light-years away from Earth. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Massive Galaxy Cluster

Apr 9, 2018 by News Staff

This spectacular view from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope peers into the distant Universe to reveal a massive galaxy cluster called PLCK G308.3-20.2. This...

This Hubble image shows the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+223, whose light has taken over 5 billion years to reach us. Highlighted is the position where the Icarus star appeared -- its image magnified by a factor 2,000 by gravitational microlensing. The spiral galaxy in which the star is located can be seen three times on the sky -- multiplied by strong gravitational lensing. Image credit: NASA / ESA / S. Rodney, John Hopkins University / FrontierSN Team / T. Treu, University of California Los Angeles / P. Kelly, University of California Berkeley / GLASS Team / J. Lotz, STScI / Frontier Fields Team / M. Postman, STScI / CLASH Team / Z. Levay, STScI.

Icarus Star: Hubble Spies Most Distant Star Ever Seen

Apr 3, 2018 by News Staff

A blue supergiant star nicknamed Icarus is so far away that its light has taken 9 billion years to reach our planet. It appears to us as it did when the...

This is an image of the gravitational lens system SDSS J0146-0929 as photographed by Hubble. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Einstein Ring

Apr 2, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a so-called Einstein ring, a rare image of a distant galaxy lensed by gravity. This...

A massive black hole can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist’s concept. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Find Ultramassive Black Holes in Distant Cluster Galaxies

Feb 21, 2018 by News Staff

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found evidence for what is likely the most massive black holes ever detected. A massive black...

This Hubble image shows the galaxy cluster PLCK G004.5-19.5. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS / D. Coe et al.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of Giant Galaxy Cluster

Feb 12, 2018 by News Staff

NASA has released an absolutely beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of PLCK G004.5-19.5, a massive cluster of galaxies in the...

This Hubble image shows A1758N, the northern part of the galaxy cluster Abell 1758. The cluster is approximately 3.2 billion light-years from Earth and is part of a larger structure containing two clusters sitting some 2.4 million light-years apart. But A1758N itself is further split into two sub-sections, known as East (A1758NE) and West (A1758NW). Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Takes Closer Look at Abell 1758

Jan 18, 2018 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image so far of A1758N, a sub-cluster of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 1758. This Hubble...

Salmon et al were able to detect a hint of light from SPT0615-JD because it was magnified as it passed around the massive galaxy cluster SPT-CL J0615-5746 as it traveled towards Earth. Image credit: NASA / ESA / B. Salmon, STScI.

Gravitational Lens Magnifies and Stretches Image of Distant Galaxy

Jan 17, 2018 by News Staff

Thanks to the presence of a cosmic zoom lens, Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes got a uniquely close-up look at one of the farthest galaxies ever seen. Salmon...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows ACT-CLJ0102-4915. Massive galaxy clusters such as ACT-CLJ0102-4915 are useful tools for studying very distant objects, because this lens-like behavior amplifies the light from faraway galaxies in the background. They also contribute to a range of topics in cosmology, as the precise nature of the lensed images encapsulates information about the properties of spacetime, the expansion of the cosmos and the distribution of dark matter within the cluster. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Captures Enormous Galaxy Cluster 7 Billion Light-Years Away

Jan 8, 2018 by News Staff

A gorgeous photo by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows ACT-CLJ0102-4915, the largest, hottest, and X-ray brightest galaxy cluster ever discovered...

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