NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch
NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 31, to discuss a new telescope that will improve our ...
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City of Sisters recognized as 'Dark Sky Community'
Sisters has been named Oregon's newest 'Dark Sky Community,' in recognition of the city’s efforts to curb light pollution.
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Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...
Stunning photo mosaic of neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy captures the glow of 200 million stars
To celebrate the 100-year Edwin Hubble discovery that Andromeda was a galaxy outside our own, astronomers release the most ...
Hubble studies the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way's satellite ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
Hubble’s Supernova Snap: A Window Into the Expanding Universe
A Distant Supernova Discovery This latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope features a distant galaxy located about 600 ...
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Astronomers spot a giant radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered a giant radio galaxy with plasma jets stretching an incredible 3.3 million light-years—32 times ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Inkathazo galaxy discovered that's 32 times bigger than Earth's Milky Way
The plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light-years from end to end - over 32 times the size of the Milky Way ...