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Fiery gas surrounds the Milky Way, but what is heating it?
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the intense heat and persistence of the fiery hot gas surrounding the Milky Way.
First up-close picture taken of star outside Milky Way
Astronomers have taken a zoomed-in photo of a star outside the Milky Way for the first time, the European Southern Observatory announced in a statement Thursday.
Space photo of the week: Hubble uncovers the true identity of an odd galaxy — and it's not spiral or elliptical
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its ...
Astronomers take first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy
Located a staggering 160,000 light-years from us, the star WOH G64 was imaged thanks to the impressive sharpness offered by ...
NASA Image Reveals Hidden Heart of the 'Sombrero Galaxy'
The infrared-light image captured by the JWST's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) reveals the galaxy in a totally different way ...
See The First Close-Up Of A Star Outside Our Galaxy In A Weird ‘Cocoon’
WOH G64 is 2,000 times the size of the sun and is 160,000 light-years distant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
Sombrero Galaxy dazzles in new Webb images and video
A new mid-infrared image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the Sombrero galaxy, also known as Messier ...
Why The Andromeda Galaxy Is 100 Years Old Today—And How To See It
Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...
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We've taken a photo of a star in another galaxy for the first time
Using four telescopes linked together, astronomers have captured an astonishing image of a huge star more than 160,000 light ...
Astronomers snap first up-close image of a star outside our galaxy
The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered ...