Tag Archive for 'NGC 253'

This VLT/MUSE image shows a detailed, thousand-color image of NGC 253. Image credit: ESO / Congiu et al.

VLT Captures Most Detailed Image Ever of NGC 253

Jun 18, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed the active starburst (star-forming)...

An artist’s impression of the center of the starburst galaxy NGC 253. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF.

ALMA Detects Over One Hundred Molecular Species in Nearby Starburst Galaxy

Apr 2, 2024 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected over 100 molecular species in the center of the starburst galaxy...

This Hubble image shows Donatiello II (center), an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy some 11.4 million light-years away in the constellation of Sculptor. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / B. Mutlu-Pakdil / G. Donatiello.

Hubble Observes Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Donatiello II

Feb 6, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image taken with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Donatiello II, a recently-discovered dwarf galaxy associated with the nearby spiral galaxy...

An artist’s impression of a giant magnetar flare. Image credit: Universitat de València.

ASIM Detects Huge Pulsating Flare from Extragalactic Magnetar

Dec 27, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The giant gamma-ray flare event, designated GRB 2001415, was emitted by a powerful magnetar in NGC 253, an active starburst galaxy approximately 11 million...

The starburst galaxy NGC 253 and the radio spectra obtained with ALMA. Image credit: ESO / J. Emerson / VISTA / ALMA / NAOJ / NRAO / Ando et al / Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit.

ALMA Spots Huge ‘Molecular Reservoir’ in Nearby Starburst Galaxy NGC 253

Nov 7, 2017 by News Staff

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have found eight molecular clouds in the heart of NGC 253, an active starburst...

New ALMA data reveal a diffuse envelope of carbon monoxide gas (shown in red), which surrounds regions of active star formation (yellow); by dissecting these regions with this powerful radio telescope, astronomers are uncovering clues to the processes and conditions that drive furious star formation; the ALMA data are superimposed on a Hubble image. Image credit: B. Saxton / NRAO / AUI / NSF / ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / A. Leroy / STScI / NASA / ST-ECF / ESA / CADC / NRC / CSA.

Astronomers Peer into Heart of Nearby Starburst Galaxy NGC 253

Feb 16, 2015 by News Staff

To understand why some galaxies burst while others do not, Dr David Meier of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the New Mexico Institute of Mining...

This is a 3D visualization of ALMA observations of cold carbon monoxide gas in the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 (ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / Erik Rosolowsky)

ALMA May Help Solve Mystery of Missing Massive Galaxies

Jul 25, 2013 by News Staff

Very detailed new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 may help explain the strange...