Though visually dynamic, it shows minimal star formation and hosts a massive but dormant black hole. The galaxy's unique hybrid structure—featuring traits of both spiral and elliptical ...

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

Astronomers became aware of this galaxy in the Virgo constellation when it abruptly ... Normally, they occur when a star is torn apart by a black hole, feeding its accretion disk.

To mark its 35th anniversary, the European Space Agency (ESA) is revisiting iconic Hubble images with updated data and ...

Before star ... Virgo – The Maiden Linked to Astraea, the goddess of justice who dipped when humanity got too messy. Virgo said, “Clean it up or I’m out,” and became a constellation.

The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which was ...

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This stunning image captures a "cosmic reef" located 163,000 light-years away in the Dorado constellation. These towering structures are part of a region in the Eagle Nebula where new stars are ...

"Before Hubble, no generation ever had access to unimaginably vibrant views of space, stretching almost all the way back to ...