NASA has released the sharpest image ever taken of the Cartwheel Galaxy, a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Sculptor.
This image from the NASA/ESA...
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...
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...
Many disc galaxies, including our own Milky Way Galaxy, have a central concentration of stars called a ‘bulge.’ For decades, astronomers had a simple...
Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to peer deep into the famous Orion Nebula, Space Telescope Institute researcher Massimo Robberto and colleagues...
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...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy UGC 6093.
This image, captured by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, shows the megamaser...
NASA and ESO astronomers have joined forces to observe RCS2 J2327-0204, one of the most massive galaxy clusters known at its distance or beyond.
The galaxy...
NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of NGC 5256, a striking example of two disk galaxies that are about to...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular star cluster Messier 79.
The stars in the globular star cluster Messier 79 look a lot like...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking image of a rich cluster of galaxies called Abell 2163.
This Hubble image shows Abell 2163,...
WASP-18b, a hot-Jupiter exoplanet located approximately 325 light-years from Earth, has a stratosphere that’s loaded with carbon monoxide, but has no...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of a spiral galaxy called LEDA 53183.
This image, taken with the Wide-Field Camera...
Based on the combination of data taken 12 years apart by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have pinned down for...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a vivid image of a galaxy cluster called Abell 2537.
This Hubble image shows the galaxy cluster Abell...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the ‘Cosmic Snake’ galaxy, an extremely distant galaxy peppered with clumpy regions of intense...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a dwarf galaxy called NGC 4625.
This image of the dwarf galaxy NGC 4625 is a composite of separate...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed an extremely rare cosmic phenomenon, called a ‘light echo,’ in Messier 82, a star-forming galaxy located...
NASA has released a stunning image snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxy cluster Abell 1300.
This image, taken with ACS and WFC3 cameras...
