Galaxies

Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a galaxy cluster has two streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows that crossing the streams may lead to the creation of new structure.
Posted September 19, 2024
Active Galaxies
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Seyfert Galaxies
The Universe
Smile for the camera! An interaction between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy, collectively known as Arp 107, seems to have given the spiral a happier outlook thanks to the two bright “eyes” and the wide semicircular “smile.” The region has been observed before in infrared by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2005, however […]
Posted September 18, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo named NGC 5668. It is relatively near to us at 90 million light-years from Earth and quite accessible for astronomers to study with both space- and ground-based telescopes. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like a remarkable galaxy. It is around […]
Posted September 13, 2024
Active Galaxies
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Space Flight Center
Missions
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Posted September 9, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxy clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Gravitational Lensing
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
It’s 7 billion years ago, and the universe’s heyday of star formation is beginning to slow. What might our Milky Way galaxy have looked like at that time? Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found clues in the form of a cosmic question mark, the result of a rare alignment across light-years of […]
Posted September 4, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Stars
Clusters of stars set the interstellar medium ablaze in the Andromeda Galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away. Also known as M31, Andromeda is the Milky Way’s closest major galaxy. It measures approximately 152,000 light-years across and, with almost the same mass as our home galaxy, is headed for a collision with the Milky Way in […]
Posted August 30, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Dark Matter
Galaxies
Stars
The Universe
The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance. Unfortunately, because these changes take millions or billions of years, telescopes can only provide snapshots, squeezed into a human lifetime. However, galaxies leave behind clues to their history and how they came to be.
Posted August 29, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Stars
Andromeda III is one of at least 13 dwarf satellite galaxies in orbit around the Andromeda galaxy, or Messier 31, the Milky Way’s closest grand spiral galactic neighbor. Andromeda III is a faint, spheroidal collection of old, reddish stars that appears devoid of new star formation and younger stars. In fact, Andromeda III seems to […]
Posted August 29, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Stars
NGC 261 blooms a brilliant ruby red against a myriad of stars in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Discovered on Sept. 5, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop, this nebula is located in one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic companions, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The ionized gas blazing from within […]
Posted August 28, 2024
Galaxies
Hubble Space Telescope
A glittering collection of stars shines against a background of much more distant galaxies in this view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, also known as Andromeda VI.  The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31, is the Milky Way’s closest grand spiral galaxy neighbor, and is host to at […]
Posted August 27, 2024
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