The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

A newly reprocessed image released by NASA on April 18, 2025, showcases a towering 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and ...

The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, is located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens. It is ...

For Hubble’s 35th anniversary, ESA has unveiled breathtaking new images of the star cluster Messier 72, a celestial gem located in Aquarius. Once the very first image featured in the Hubble Picture of ...

First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way’s core, appears to be ionised (meaning it is electrically charged because it has lost electrons ...

The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which was ...

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(Xiao et al., arXiv, 2024) In addition, it's quite large for a galaxy in the early Universe, measuring some 62,000 light-years in diameter, with a mass comparable to that of the Milky Way. "What makes ...

First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way's core, appears to be ionised (meaning it is electrically charged because it has lost electrons) at a ...

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First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way's core, appears to be ionised (meaning it is electrically charged because it has lost electrons) at a ...