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NASA’s Webb Probes an Extreme Starburst Galaxy
Amid a site teeming with new and young stars lies an intricate substructure. A team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82).science.nasa.gov
NASA's Chandra Identifies an Underachieving Black Hole - NASA
This image shows a quasar, a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, which is not achieving what astronomers would expect from it, as reported inNASA
NASA’s Roman Team Selects Survey to Map Our Galaxy’s Far Side - NASA
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has announced plans for an unprecedented survey of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. It will peer deeper intoAshley Balzer (NASA)
Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 with NASA’s Webb
The formation of stars and the chaotic environments they inhabit is one of the most well-studied, but also mystery-shrouded, areas of cosmic investigation.science.nasa.gov
Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 with NASA’s Webb
The formation of stars and the chaotic environments they inhabit is one of the most well-studied, but also mystery-shrouded, areas of cosmic investigation.science.nasa.gov
Stellar Beads on a String - NASA
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded in the system known as SDSS J1531+3414 (SDSS J1531 for short).NASA
Stellar Beads on a String - NASA
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded in the system known as SDSS J1531+3414 (SDSS J1531 for short).NASA
NASA Telescopes Find New Clues About Mysterious Deep Space Signals - NASA
Using two of the agency’s X-ray telescopes, researchers were able to zoom in on a dead star’s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radioAnthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA’s Roman to Use Rare Events to Calculate Expansion Rate of Universe - NASA
Astronomers investigating one of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos – the rate at which the universe is expanding – are readying themselves to studyAshley Balzer (NASA)
Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions - NASA Science
The most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10 followed by 18 zeros) times the luminosity of our Sun.science.nasa.gov
When Dead Stars Collide! - NASA Science
In October 2017, for the first time, astronomers observed light and gravitational waves from the same source.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Webb Depicts Staggering Structure in 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies - NASA Science
It’s oh-so-easy to be absolutely mesmerized by these spiral galaxies. Follow their clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to their centers, where there may be old star clusters and – sometimes – active supermassive black holes.science.nasa.gov
NASA Collaborating on European-led Gravitational Wave Observatory in Space - NASA Science
The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed a major review and will proceed to the construction of flight hardware. On Jan.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Roman to Search for Signs of Dark Matter Clumps - NASA
Some of the finest, smallest details in the universe – the gaps between elongated groups of stars – may soon help astronomers reveal dark matter in greaterAshley Balzer (NASA)
NASA Scientists Discover a Novel Galactic ‘Fossil’ - NASA Science
Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have discovered X-ray activity that sheds light on the evolution of galaxies. The X-rays outline giant clouds of cold gas in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4945.science.nasa.gov
Large Magellanic Fireworks - NASA
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a stellar explosion throwing out sheets of debris in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy on July 7,NASA
NASA’s Fermi Mission Creates 14-Year Time-Lapse of the Gamma-Ray Sky - NASA Science
The cosmos comes alive in an all-sky time-lapse movie made from 14 years of data acquired by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s BurstCube Passes Milestones on Journey to Launch - NASA Science
Scientists and engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed testing for BurstCube, a shoebox-sized spacecraft designed to study the universe’s most powerful explosions.science.nasa.gov
Seeing Sagittarius C in a New Light - NASA
A star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is seen in exceptional detail in this image from Nov. 20, 2023, thanks to the Near-Infrared CameraNASA
NASA’s Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way - NASA
The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seensteve sabia (NASA)
Construction on NASA Mission to Map 450 Million Galaxies Is Under Way - NASA
Key elements are coming together for NASA’s SPHEREx mission, a space telescope that will create a map of the universe like none before.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA’s Webb, Hubble Combine to Create Most Colorful View of Universe - NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have united to study an expansive galaxy cluster known as MACS0416. The resulting panchromaticsteve sabia (NASA)
First Science Images Released From ESA Mission With NASA Contributions - NASA
The new images from the Euclid mission include a cluster of thousands of distant galaxies, demonstrating the spacecraft’s unique abilities.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Webb Makes First Detection of Heavy Element From Star Merger - NASA
Webb’s study of the second-brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen reveals tellurium.steve sabia (NASA)
Why NASA’s Roman Mission Will Study Milky Way’s Flickering Lights - NASA
Roman’s long-term sky monitoring, which will enable these results, represents a boon to what scientists call time-domain astronomy, which studies how theAshley Balzer (NASA)
NASA’s Roman Mission Gears Up for a Torrent of Future Data
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team is exploring ways to support community efforts that will prepare for the deluge of data the mission will return.Ashley Balzer (NASA)