Sep 8, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A striking new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a star cluster called N11, which is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This Hubble...

Aug 4, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A striking new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows incredible details in the Tarantula Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region located in...

Jul 14, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 1786, a globular cluster located in the constellation of Dorado. This Hubble image shows...

Jun 3, 2025 by News Staff

It is commonly believed that our own Milky Way Galaxy is on a collision course with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. As a result of their merger, predicted...

May 12, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a stunning image of a spectacular part of a nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud,...

Mar 6, 2025 by News Staff

The mass of the supermassive black hole in the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, is about 600,000 solar...

Feb 17, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the Gemini South telescope, astronomers from NSF’s NOIRLab have imaged a beautiful nebula around the young open cluster NGC 2040. The nebula encasing...

Feb 12, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Tarantula Nebula is the most important star-forming complex in the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud,...

Feb 12, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Named SNR J0614-7251 and SNR J0624-6948, the newly-discovered supernova remnants reside in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the largest satellite...

Feb 10, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking image of a portion of the Tarantula Nebula, which is part of a dwarf galaxy...

Jan 20, 2025 by News Staff

A new Hubble image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies. This Hubble image...

Nov 21, 2024 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) have captured a zoomed-in image of the dust-enshrouded red supergiant star WOH G64. This...

Jun 10, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking image of NGC 2005, a globular cluster located 162,000 light-years away from...

Apr 2, 2024 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have collected information on almost 500 stars as part of the Ultraviolet Legacy Library of Young...

Mar 26, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a detailed image of NGC 1651, a globular cluster located in the constellation of Mensa. This...

Feb 26, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the globular cluster NGC 1841, which is found within the Large Magellanic Cloud. This...

Feb 23, 2024 by News Staff

SN 1987A is the only supernova visible to the naked eye in the last 400 years and the most studied supernova in history. The event was a core-collapse...

Jan 23, 2024 by News Staff

Using the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a spectacular image of N79, a region...

Jan 5, 2024 by News Staff

30 Doradus B, also cataloged as NGC 2060, is found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At the center of this complex...

Dec 14, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Removing the hydrogen-rich layers from a main sequence star exposes the helium-rich core. Such stripped helium stars are known at high and low masses,...