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Hubble Sees Cosmic 'Flying V' of Merging Galaxies
February 15, 2013 — The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a large "flying V" that is actually two distinct objects -- a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC ... > full story -
Predicting Key Property in Andromeda's Satellites
February 14, 2013 — Using modified laws of gravity, researchers have closely predicted a key property -- velocity dispersion -- measured in faint dwarf galaxies that are satellites of the nearby giant spiral galaxy ... > full story -
Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy's Youngest Black Hole, Study Suggests
February 13, 2013 — New data suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The remnant appears to be the product of a rare explosion in which matter ... > full story -
Hubble Catches a Streak of Stars in Side-on View of Spiral Galaxy
February 10, 2013 — The Hubble Space Telescope captured a thin, glittering streak of stars in a new view of the spiral galaxy ESO 121-6, which lies in the southern constellation of Pictor (The Painter's Easel). Viewed ... > full story -
The Wings of the Seagull Nebula
February 6, 2013 — A new image from the European Southern Observatory shows a section of a cloud of dust and glowing gas called the Seagull Nebula. These wispy red clouds form part of the "wings" of the celestial bird ... > full story -
Hubble Catches the Moment the Lights Went out
February 5, 2013 — The further away you look, the further back in time you see. Astronomers use this fact to study the evolution of the Universe by looking at nearby and more distant galaxies and comparing their ... > full story -
A Spiral Galaxy With a Secret
February 5, 2013 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope -- with a little help from an amateur astronomer -- has produced one of the best views yet of nearby spiral galaxy Messier 106. Located a little over 20 million ... > full story -
Astronomers Ask 'Where Are All the Dwarf Galaxies?'
February 1, 2013 — Astronomers have identified “Cosmic Web Stripping” as a new way of explaining the famous missing dwarf problem: the lack of observed dwarf galaxies compared with that predicted by the ... > full story -
New Method of Measuring the Mass of Supermassive Black Holes
January 30, 2013 — Astronomers report the exciting discovery of a new way to measure the mass of supermassive black holes in galaxies. By measuring the speed with which carbon monoxide molecules orbit around such ... > full story -
Cool, New Views of Andromeda Galaxy
January 28, 2013 — Two new eye-catching views from the Herschel space observatory are fit for a princess. They show the elegant spiral galaxy Andromeda, named after the mythical Greek princess known for her ... > full story
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