Twenty years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped one of its most iconic images ever. The three towering columns of gas bathed in the light of hot,… Read more “Hubble Revisits an Icon”
Category: Galaxies
20 Facts About the Big Bang
Modern cosmology has its roots in the 1920s when physicists were starting to get to grips with relativity theory. Calculation of solutions to relativity was producing some… Read more “20 Facts About the Big Bang”
Betelgeuse captured by ALMA
This orange blob shows the nearby star Betelgeuse, as seen by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This is the first time that ALMA has ever observed… Read more “Betelgeuse captured by ALMA”
Super Spirals: Strange New Galaxies
“We have found a previously unrecognized class of spiral galaxies that are as luminous and massive as the biggest, brightest galaxies we know of,” said Patrick Ogle,… Read more “Super Spirals: Strange New Galaxies”
Hubble spots strange spiral galaxy
Hubble captures image of spiral galaxy which exhibits rare behaviours Astronomers observed intense radio jets spewed from the galaxy’s centre The galaxy also has two more… Read more “Hubble spots strange spiral galaxy”
Structures Size of the Earth’s Orbit Lurk in Milky Way’s ‘Atmosphere’
Astronomers got the first hints of mysterious objects 30 years ago when they saw radio waves from a bright, distant galaxy called a quasar varying wildly in… Read more “Structures Size of the Earth’s Orbit Lurk in Milky Way’s ‘Atmosphere’”
Ancient Dwarf Galaxies Triggered the Universe
The green pea dwarf galaxy shown above “appears to be an excellent local analog of the numerous dwarf galaxies thought to be responsible for the reionization of… Read more “Ancient Dwarf Galaxies Triggered the Universe”
Kepler’s ‘Bizarre’ Signal
The fascinating speculation surrounding a recent Kepler observation of a star 1,500 light-years away has reignited questions of alien life in our universe and what it means… Read more “Kepler’s ‘Bizarre’ Signal”
High resolution far-infrared all-sky image
Far-infrared all-sky image observed by AKARI Represented as a two-color synthesis of blue: 90 micrometers and red: 140 micrometers. The Milky Way extends horizontally as the direction… Read more “High resolution far-infrared all-sky image”
