Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers was recently able to capture an impressive view of the edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 891. The cosmic structure is located in the Andromeda Constellation, around 30 million light-years away from Earth.
The photo was collected using the wide-field Advanced ... |
19 May 2012
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In a new study, experts were finally able to determine the power source that is heating up that gas filaments spawned by the elliptical galaxy NGC 1275. This has been the focus of studies for quite some time now, but results thus far have been conflicting.Over years of study, astronomers have discovered that certain ... |
11 May 2011
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It has been a very busy week for astronomers, as this year's American Astronomical Society meeting has taken place. New astronomical discoveries started pouring from all over the place, announcing observations of ultramassive black holes, new evidence of dark matter existence, the discovery of a new Einstein dou... |
11 January 2008
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