The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...
On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory. This plate, ...
Astrophotographers use sophisticated imaging technology to take and edit photographs that bring us the cosmos with startling ...
Dive into a celestial masterpiece with the Hubble Space Telescope's latest snapshot of the Large Magellanic Cloud, showcasing ...
sun-like star that created the nebula about 4,000 years ago, revealed its 3D shape in detail — something that cannot be ...
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What Is a Nebula?
What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...
100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when ...
This Hubble image reveals the Horsehead Nebula in infrared, showcasing its delicate, ethereal structure hidden within Orion’s dusty, turbulent star-forming region. Hubble captures NGC 346 ...
Edwin Hubble's observations of V1 became the critical first step in uncovering a larger, grander universe than some astronomers imagined at the time. Once dismissed as a nearby "spiral nebula" ...
Edwin Hubble's observations of V1 became the critical first step in uncovering a larger, grander universe than some astronomers imagined at the time. Once dismissed as a nearby "spiral nebula ...
From the debris ring of dust, rock, and ice, which is too distant to be seen, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured the shadow cast by a fledgling star’s brilliant light. The star is named HBC 672 in ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the constellation Hydra, showcasing stars and galaxies at varying distances. Nearby stars within the Milky Way are identifiable by diffraction spikes.