In fact, of 368 disk galaxies the team considered for the study, 20% already had bars. That is double the number observed by Hubble.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy ... we can see the elegant spiral shape. Spiral galaxies tend to be symmetrical, so you can tell that the bottom right part of the ...

Astronomers just caught a dead star in ... to be more common in galaxies like M82, where massive stars are being born, and dying, at a tremendous rate. NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team ...

Although the team didn't find any star-forming gas in the galaxy they were studying, they instead discovered other galaxies ... Mar. 21, 2024 — Astronomers have identified what could be two of ...

Previous studies carried out using the Hubble Space Telescope had been able to detect bar forming galaxies up to eight or nine billion years ago. But the increased sensitivity and wavelength range ...

May 6, 2024 — Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951. Located in the Virgo constellation, NGC 4951 is ...

For example, on my dad’s birthday in 1997, Hubble was observing two galaxies in the midst of a collision. On my mom’s birthday in 2002, the telescope was staring at the halo around the nearby ...

(CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning ... Since collapsing, the red giant star has transformed into a dead stellar remnant known as an ultra-dense white dwarf star.

The universe's early galaxies were less chaotic and developed ... In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA's legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took ...

Previous studies carried out using the Hubble Space Telescope had been able to detect bar forming galaxies up to eight or nine billion years ago. But the increased sensitivity and wavelength range ...