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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
Phil Plait
Jul 17, 2018

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Hubble gets Messier
Phil Plait
Mar 21, 2018
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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
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Ethereal echoes from a dying star
Phil Plait
Nov 14, 2017
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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)
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A distant galaxy pushes Hubble beyond its limits
Phil Plait
Sep 14, 2017
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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)
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Parallel galaxies
Phil Plait
Sep 11, 2017
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NGC 5559 and a little friend, imaged by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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When the stars align ... well, one star with a hundred billion stars.
Phil Plait
Jun 6, 2017
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HD107146
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Star Wars: Was it really a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away?
Phil Plait
May 4, 2017
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Force Awakens galaxy map
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A bursting star in a starburst galaxy
Phil Plait
Apr 24, 2017
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NGC 4536
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See our galaxy as it was billions of years ago
Elizabeth Rayne
Apr 5, 2017
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A galaxy with beautiful plumage
Phil Plait
Feb 8, 2017
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Spiral galaxy NGC 4569
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A distant galaxy's black hole is big, but not big enough
Phil Plait
Feb 6, 2017
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Galaxy RXJ 1140
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