Since Hubble’s launch, astronomers have discovered over 1 trillion galaxies, but Andromeda stands out as the closest and most ...
the Hubble Space Telescope can see a lot of it. It's also great for things that are much closer, like our nearest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy. Despite its nearness, photographing the ...
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
Astronomers spent a decade compiling this special image with the Hubble Space Telescope and then stitched together 600 photos ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new ... It looks like it has been through some kind of event that caused it to form a ...
While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other ...