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Ring Around Tabby’s Star - NASA
This Oct. 4, 2017, illustration shows a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian's Star or Tabby's Star. The star hasNASA
NASA's Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU Orionis - NASA Science
In 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was intrinsically 100 times brighter than our Sun.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula - NASA
Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. AstronomersLee Mohon (NASA)
NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula - NASA
Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. AstronomersLee Mohon (NASA)
5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun - NASA Science
With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Captures a Galaxy with Many Lights - NASA Science
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Hubble, Webb Probe Surprisingly Smooth Disk Around Vega - NASA Science
In the 1997 movie “Contact,” adapted from Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega.science.nasa.gov
Buckle Up: NASA-Funded Study Explores Turbulence in Molecular Clouds - NASA Science
On an airplane, motions of the air on both small and large scales contribute to turbulence, which may result in a bumpy flight. Turbulence on a much larger scale is important to how stars form in giant molecular clouds that permeate the Milky Way.science.nasa.gov
Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster - NASA
Most stars form in star clusters that include very massive stars. These stars send out large amounts of radiation, which can disrupt coalescing new planets.NASA
NASA's Hubble Sees a Stellar Volcano - NASA Science
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s TESS Spots Record-Breaking Stellar Triplets - NASA
Professional and amateur astronomers teamed up with artificial intelligence to find an unmatched stellar trio called TIC 290061484, thanks to cosmic “strobeAshley Balzer (NASA)
Hubble Captures Stellar Nurseries in a Majestic Spiral - NASA Science
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Captures Steller Nurseries in a Majestic Spiral - NASA Science
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions - NASA Science
In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory.science.nasa.gov
In Odd Galaxy, NASA’s Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars - NASA Science
Looking deep into the early universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas outshining its stars.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Webb Peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy - NASA Science
Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Zooms into the Rosy Tendrils of Andromeda - NASA Science
Clusters of stars set the interstellar medium ablaze in the Andromeda Galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away. Also known as M31, Andromeda is the Milky Way’s closest major galaxy.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Zooms into the Rosy Tendrils of Andromeda - NASA Science
Clusters of stars set the interstellar medium ablaze in the Andromeda Galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away. Also known as M31, Andromeda is the Milky Way’s closest major galaxy.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Roman Space Telescope to Investigate Galactic Fossils - NASA
The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance. Unfortunately, because these changesAshley Balzer (NASA)
Hubble Observes An Oddly Organized Satellite - NASA Science
Andromeda III is one of at least 13 dwarf satellite galaxies in orbit around the Andromeda galaxy, or Messier 31, the Milky Way’s closest grand spiral galactic neighbor.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Traces Star Formation in a Nearby Nebula - NASA Science
NGC 261 blooms a brilliant ruby red against a myriad of stars in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Discovered on Sept.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Traces Star Formation in a Nearby Nebula - NASA Science
NGC 261 blooms a brilliant ruby red against a myriad of stars in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Discovered on Sept.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Pinpoints a Dim, Starry Mini-galaxy - NASA Science
A glittering collection of stars shines against a background of much more distant galaxies in this view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, also known as Andromeda VI.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster - NASA Science
Roughly 210,000 light-years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. In fact, this small galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s “satellite” galaxies, which orbit our home spiral galaxy.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster - NASA Science
Roughly 210,000 light-years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. In fact, this small galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s “satellite” galaxies, which orbit our home spiral galaxy.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Reaches a Lonely Light in the Dark - NASA Science
A splatter of stars glows faintly at almost 3 million light-years away in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Finds Structure in an Unstructured Galaxy - NASA Science
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nearby dwarf irregular galaxy Leo A, located some 2.6 million light-years away.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Peers Into the Center of a Star-forming Powerhouse - NASA Science
This view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope plunges into the center of spiral galaxy Messier 33 (M33), also known as the Triangulum Galaxy.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Examines a Possible Relic - NASA Science
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 4879 or VV124. As this image illustrates, Hubble’s high resolution can detect individual stars, even in the densest parts of the galaxy.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Spots Billowing Bubbles of Stellar Floss - NASA Science
A bubbling region of stars both old and new lies some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado.science.nasa.gov
NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour - NASA Science
Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object moving so fast that it will escape the Milky Way’s gravity and shoot into inte…science.nasa.gov
Hubble Measures the Distance to a Supernova - NASA Science
Measuring the distance to truly remote objects like galaxies, quasars, and galaxy clusters is a crucial task in astrophysics, particularly when it comes to studying the early universe, but it’s a difficult one to complete.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Hubble Finds Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri - NASA Science
Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or relatively lightweight, with a mass of under 100 times that of the Sun.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Webb Captures Celestial Fireworks Around Forming Star - NASA Science
The colors within this mid-infrared image reveal details about the central protostar’s behavior. The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Captures Infant Stars Transforming a Nebula - NASA
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. Named RCW 7, the nebula is locatedNASA
Hubble Captures Infant Stars Transforming a Nebula - NASA Science
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. Named RCW 7, the nebula is located just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Chandra Peers Into Densest and Weirdest Stars - NASA
The supernova remnant 3C 58 contains a spinning neutron star, known as PSR J0205+6449, at its center. Astronomers studied this neutron star and others like itNASA
Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula With NASA’s Webb - NASA Science
New data revises our view of this unusual supernova explosion. A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Captures a Cosmic Fossil - NASA
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 2005. It’s not an unusual globular cluster in and of itself,NASA
Hubble Observes a Cosmic Fossil - NASA Science
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 2005. It’s not an unusual globular cluster in and of itself, but it is a peculiarity when compared to its surroundings.science.nasa.gov