When a massive star dies, it goes out with a bang, creating a stunningly bright explosion that can temporarily change the look of the night sky. The brightest and closest may be visible with the naked ...
This week’s small-telescope target is peculiar galaxy Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, Caldwell 77, and the Hamburger Galaxy. You’ll find it 3.5° west of magnitude 3.5 Mu (μ) Centauri. Seeing ...
image: M101 is a spiral galaxy, 170 000 light-years in diameter. AKARI's new observations reveal differing populations of stars spread across its spiral arms. Toyoaki Suzuki at the University of Tokyo ...
A new photo of the M101 galaxy, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, captures the star system in ultraviolet and optical light, which produces a glowing effect. The Pinwheel Galaxy contains close to a ...
What did you get up to in school? Maybe you listened to The Killers, dared to run in the corridor or constantly debated ...
[Cosmos Photo Essay (24)] Gas, Dust, and a Trillion Stars The Pinwheel Galaxy, M101. A composite image created from 51 exposures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in March 1994, September 1994, June ...
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