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The Sombrero Galaxy, also called Messier 104, sits around 31 million light-years away. It’s located in the direction of the ...
However, that isn’t what scientists see. Instead, stars orbit at about the same speed regardless of their distance from the galactic center. You might see this referred to as the "Galaxy Rotation ...
As the Hubble Space Telescope approaches 35 years since its launch, marking over three decades of incredible images of the ...
Webb detected rare neon gas in M83. This may signal a hidden black hole, challenging the idea that the galaxy has only ...
The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, ...
One of the most spectacular galaxies in Earth's sky is the subject of a new image release to help celebrate 35 years of ...
The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...
Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...
As part of ESA/Hubble's 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series ...
A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the charming Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the ...
For decades, scientists have known that ordinary matter — everything made of atoms — accounts for just 15% of the universe’s ...
Astronomers tallying up all the normal matter—stars, galaxies and gas—in the universe today have come up embarrassingly short ...