Black Hole or Newborn Stars
Black holes are famous for ripping objects apart, including stars. But now, astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may have sparked the births of stars over a mind-boggling distance,…
Black Hole or Newborn Stars? SOFIA Finds Galactic Puzzle
Even celestial objects can seem like they’re playing tricks. In a new study, scientists are puzzled by a black hole that seems to be changing its galactic surroundings in a…
Illuminating the Gas Between Galaxies with Supercomputing
This visualization shows data from the Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo project, known as FOGGIE, run on NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer by researchers at the Space Telescope Science Institute…
Hubble Eyes an Emitting Galaxy
For this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful eye toward an emission-line galaxy called NGC 3749. When astronomers explore the contents and constituent parts of a galaxy…
Hubble Spots Galaxy’s Dramatic Details
Some of the most dramatic events in the universe occur when certain stars die — and explode catastrophically in the process. Such explosions, known as supernovae, mainly occur in a…