Tag Archive for 'Galaxy'

This image from Hubble’s WFPC2 camera shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4845. The galaxy’s orientation clearly reveals the galaxy’s striking spiral structure: a flat and dust-mottled disc surrounding a bright galactic bulge. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / S. Smartt, Queen's University Belfast.

NGC 4845: Hubble Space Telescope Sees Large Spiral Galaxy

Jan 4, 2016 by Natali Anderson

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken an incredible picture of the large spiral galaxy NGC 4845. This image from Hubble’s WFPC2 camera shows the...

This image from Hubble shows the interacting star-forming galaxy system NGC 6052, which is located 228 million light-years from Earth. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NASA’s Hubble Captures Interacting Star-Forming Galaxy System

Dec 28, 2015 by Sergio Prostak

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a gorgeous photo of the interacting starburst galaxy system NGC 6052. This image from Hubble shows the...

Blazars are the most common sources detected by NASA’s Fermi telescope. As matter falls toward a supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center, some of it is accelerated outward at nearly the speed of light along jets pointed in opposite directions. When one of the jets happens to be aimed in the direction of Earth, as illustrated here, the galaxy appears especially bright and is classified as a blazar. Image credit: M. Weiss / CfA.

Astronomers Detect High-Energy Gamma Rays from Blazar 7.6 Billion Light-Years Away

Dec 16, 2015 by News Staff

Using NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope, the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) in Arizona, and other telescopes, astronomers...

This image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the dwarf galaxy NGC 5291N (center). Image credit: ESO.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Focuses on Young Clumpy Galaxy NGC 5291N

Dec 9, 2015 by News Staff

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has made the first detailed observations of a rare dwarf galaxy recently formed within the giant collisional ring surrounding...

Visualization of the proto-Great Wall and submillimeter galaxies. Image credit: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Astronomers Discover Eight Giant Galaxies 11.5 Billion Light-Years Away

Dec 7, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have discovered a cluster of monstrous young galaxies, called submillimeter galaxies,...

This image shows the central regions of the peculiar galaxy NGC 7252. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NGC 7252: Hubble Captures Image of Atoms for Peace Galaxy

Dec 7, 2015 by Sergio Prostak

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the inner parts of the distant galaxy NGC 7252. This image shows the central regions...

This image shows the Tayna galaxy, an extremely faint and distant galaxy that existed only 400 million years after the Big Bang. Image credit: NASA / ESA / L. Infante, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

Tayna Galaxy: Astronomers Spot Faintest Galaxy in Early Universe

Dec 5, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using two orbiting telescopes – the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have found the faintest galaxy...

A close-up view of NGC 2768. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / S. Smartt, Queen’s University Belfast.

Hubble Astronomers Release Image of Elliptical Galaxy NGC 2768

Nov 30, 2015 by Natali Anderson

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the dusty structure encircling the center of a distant galaxy known as NGC 2768. This Hubble...

This Hubble image shows the elliptical galaxy LEDA 3087775. In this galaxy, some ribbons of dust notably obscure parts of the conglomerated galaxy’s central, bluish region; those dust lanes could be remnants of the spiral arms of the recently departed galaxies. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Hubble Zooms in on Distant Elliptical Galaxy

Nov 23, 2015 by Natali Anderson

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is likely the best of an extremely distant galaxy known as LEDA 3087775. This Hubble image shows the...

The VISTA telescope has discovered a horde of previously hidden giant galaxies that existed when the Universe was in its infancy. By discovering and studying more of these galaxies than ever before, astronomers have for the first time found out exactly when such galaxies first appeared. A few of the newly discovered early galaxies are shown in this image. Image credit: ESO / UltraVISTA Team / TERAPIX / CNRS / INSU / CASU.

VISTA Telescope Discovers Massive Galaxies in Early Universe

Nov 18, 2015 by Natali Anderson

Using the VISTA Survey Telescope at ESO’s La Silla Paranal Observatory, astronomers have discovered almost 600 new massive galaxies in the distant Universe. The...

This dramatic image shows the Hubble’s view of a dynamically young lenticular galaxy known as NGC 3610, which lies 72 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NGC 3610: Hubble Team Releases Beautiful Image of Lenticular Galaxy

Nov 16, 2015 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable new view of a galaxy known as NGC 3610. This dramatic image shows the...

Chemical makeup of the oldest stars in the Milky Way points to huge explosions called hypernovae. Image credit: ESO.

Astronomers Find 13 Billion Year Old Stars at Milky Way’s Center

Nov 12, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has discovered the oldest stars ever seen, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when the Universe was just...

Close-up view of LEDA 1852. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / N. Gorin, STScI / Judy Schmidt.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Lonely Galaxy

Nov 9, 2015 by News Staff

A lonely spiral galaxy, LEDA 1852, has been captured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...

This Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy Markarian 820. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / N. Gorin, STScI / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NASA’s Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of Lenticular Galaxy

Nov 2, 2015 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable view of the distant lenticular galaxy Markarian 820. This Hubble image...

A supermassive black hole is depicted in this artist’s concept, surrounded by a swirling disk of material falling onto it. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Find Clue to How Supermassive Black Holes Emit X-ray Flares

Oct 29, 2015 by News Staff

In 2014, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the agency’s Swift satellite observed an X-flare from the supermassive black hole...

This small section of the Milky Way mosaic shows the star system Eta Carinae. Image credit: Lehrstuhl für Astrophysik / Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Astronomers Create 46 Billion Pixel Mosaic Image of Milky Way

Oct 22, 2015 by News Staff

The newly-released photographic mosaic of our Galaxy is the largest astronomical image ever created, according to a team of astronomers from Germany and...

ASASSN-14li: X-Ray Telescopes Catch Supermassive Black Hole Shredding Star to Pieces

Oct 22, 2015 by News Staff

Using a trio of X-ray telescopes, astronomers have observed material being blown away from a supermassive black hole after it tore a star apart. The event...

This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 shows the spiral galaxy Messier 94. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Captures Stunning Image of Messier 94

Oct 19, 2015 by Natali Anderson

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of Messier 94. This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 shows the...

Composite image of an edge-on spiral galaxy with a radio halo produced by fast-moving particles in the galaxy’s magnetic field. In this image, the large, grey-blue area is a single image formed by combining the radio halos of 30 different galaxies. At the center is a visible-light image of one of the galaxies, NGC 5775, made using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This visible-light image shows only the inner part of the galaxy’s star-forming region, outer portions of which extend horizontally into the area of the radio halo. Image credit: Jayanne English, University of Manitoba / Judith Irwin & Theresa Wiegert, Queen’s University / CHANG-ES Consortium / NRAO / AUI / NSF / NASA / STScI.

Giant Radio Halos around Spiral Galaxies More Common than Thought

Oct 13, 2015 by News Staff

Using one of the world’s greatest radio observatories, National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array (VLA), a group of astronomers has found...

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4639. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of Barred Spiral Galaxy

Oct 12, 2015 by News Staff

The Hubble team has released a stunning photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a galaxy known as NGC 4639. This Hubble image shows the barred...

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