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Dragon of a galaxy belches most gargantuan galactic structure ever - fiery plumes of plasma

Smaug has been lurking in space.

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago

Artist drawing of a solitary brown dwarf in space, glowing feebly in visible light. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

An ancient space object is fast, faint, and there may be billions more like it

By Phil Plait 8 months ago

GN-z11

It's official! Astronomers confirm GN-z11 is the most distant galaxy ever seen

By Jeff Spry 1 year ago

Pillars of Creation

Space makes music, and this is what it actually sounds like

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

galaxy hero

Take a mesmerizing trip inside the most detailed galactic simulation ever created

By Jeff Spry 2 years ago

The center of the Milky Way galaxy imaged in radio waves by the MeerKAT observatory. Supernova, stellar nurseries, and filaments of gas are strewn everywhere. Credit: MeerKAT

Stunning chaos in the galactic core

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

The core of M 4, at 5,000 light years away the closest globular cluster to Earth, making it a prime target for Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Hubble gets Messier

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

The starburst galaxy M82, with red tendrils of gas and dust being expelled by stars in its center. Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF)

Ethereal echoes from a dying star

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

NGC 5559 and a little friend, imaged by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Parallel galaxies

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

The “true” shape of the lensed galaxy (right, inset), reconstructed by mapping out the structure of the galaxy cluster and determining how it distorted the light of SGAS 1110 on its way to Earth. Credit: NASA, ESA, and T. Johnson (University of Michigan)

A distant galaxy pushes Hubble beyond its limits

By Phil Plait 4 years ago