Saturn is below Venus and very low in the predawn sky. In late April it is five degrees above the horizon. You may need ...
Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.
Say hello to one of the Milky Way's neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the ...
The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...
Hubble images of this photogenic nebula were first taken in 1994 and 1997, and again in 2015. This view combines images taken in three different filters by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 ...
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Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
Hubble captures a stunning view of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), famous for its brilliant central core and wide, dark dust lanes. Seen edge-on from Earth, its unique shape looks like a Mexican hat, ...
"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ultraviolet light." ...