The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

An amateur astrophotographer has captured a stunningly detailed view of the spiral galaxy Messier 106, which is located 24 ...

Budget cuts hitting U.S. government agencies like NASA don't seem promising for the Hubble Space Telescope, but there is ...

also known as Messier 64, shines with a dark band of dust across its center, captured in stunning detail by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Whirlpool Galaxy, a majestic spiral galaxy 27 million ...

Apr. 26, 2023 — Astronomers have observed, in one image, the shadow of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) and the powerful jet expelled from it. Thanks to this new image ...

ESA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: ATG Europe At the center of almost every galaxy lies a giant monster: a supermassive black hole that is ten of thousands or even millions of times the mass of the sun.

He initially thought the galaxy was an unhelpful distraction to his other, unrelated studies of this particular patch of the early universe. The giant spiral didn’t look like it belonged there ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Hubble Space Telescope captured detailed images of the spiral galaxy NGC 4941, located 67 million light-years away in Virgo. The observations focus on star ...

There are many different types of galaxies in the universe. Spiral galaxies like our own are just one type, and each galaxy variant can come in a variety of sizes. These new galaxies are what are ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of NGC 4941, a spiral galaxy located approximately 67 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. This relatively close ...

Born from cosmic fire, it cooled down as space expanded. Soon, matter clumped together as gravity began to pull. Galaxies emerged from vast clouds of gas, surrounded by dense fog. As they formed, they ...