Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a mysterious explosion of light in an “unexpected place” — deepening an ongoing mystery. The event is a phenomenon that scientists call — or LFBOTs, for short — that shine intensely in blue light, peaking and fading again in just days. This […]
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If you thought imagining the scale of our sun is stressful — it’s 333,000 times more massive than the entire Earth — you’ll be pleased to know the Hubble Space Telescope has reminded us of something even bigger. There’s a galaxy out in space that’s 1.1 trillion times more massive […]
A faint “bridge” of gas connects two colliding galaxies in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Arp 107 system includes a pair of galaxies that are in the process of merging. Located about 465 million light-years from Earth, the galactic duo is connected by a tenuous stream […]
A mesmerizing new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the hazy glow of a distant galaxy. The galaxy, known as NGC 3156, is located about 73 million light-years from Earth in the Sextans constellation. It is categorized as a lenticular galaxy, which is a cross between a spiral and […]
A globular cluster glitters with starlight in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Located 15,000 light-years from Earth, the globular cluster — formally known as Terzan 12 — is nestled deep in our Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation of Sagittarius. A globular cluster contains hundreds of thousands […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope are set to team up and observe the solar system’s most volcanic body: A moon of Jupiter named Io. The two space telescopes will remotely collect data about the intriguing world, then that information will be put to use […]
No matter how often the Hubble Space Telescope provides us with mind-numbing views of our universe, the excitement of seeing a new one always feels fresh. Such is the case for an image released by NASA on Friday (Aug. 18). In this portrait, we’re witnessing a massive galaxy cluster named […]
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a distant galaxy cloaked in a ghostly haze. The recent image was taken using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Known as NGC 6684, this lenticular galaxy — a cross between a spiral and an elliptical galaxy — is located roughly 44 […]