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Strange X-ray flash from beyond the Milky Way perplexes scientists
"Have you ever flipped through old photo albums and suddenly found something fascinating hidden in the background of a ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
Webb telescope finds Milky Way black hole never stops strobing light
A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...
10 mesmerising images of interacting galaxies taken by NASA
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two galaxies interacting due to gravity: NGC 5996 (the large spiral galaxy) and ...
Made-to-order Milky Way photos: In Bisbee, even Burger King helps keep the skies dark
Arizona's dark skies are a haven for astronomers and photographers. Some communities are fighting to keep them that way.
NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals a Never-Ending Cosmic Firestorm at the Center of the Milky Way
Observations revealed ongoing fireworks featuring short bursts and longer flares. Imagine solar flares, but magnified to an ...
Flickers and flares: JWST reveals Milky Way's central black hole constantly bubbles with light
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party—and it is weird, wild and wonderful.
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Hubble Space Telescope reveals richest view of Andromeda galaxy to date (image)
Around 2015, astronomers took on the painstaking task of stitching together Hubble Space Telescope images of this galaxy, but that effort had focused on the galaxy's northern half. Still, however, the ...
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Why are 'fireworks' coming from a black hole? This is what scientists say
A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky ...
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Our galaxy's monster black hole is spitting out mysterious flares, James Webb telescope reveals
Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...