Hubble Skymap - NASA Science
The Hubble Skymap puts the night sky at your fingertips any time of day. Roam the Milky Way to find a selection of galaxies, stars, nebulae and more, and click for a Hubble’s-eye-view of each object.
Hubble Images - NASA Science
Hubble's collection of images of galaxies reshaped by cosmic collisions and interactions. Witness an Einstein-predicted phenomenon that magnifies light from far-distant galaxies through the gaze of the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA’s Hubble Sees Aftermath of Galaxy’s Scrape with Milky Way
2024年11月14日 · A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga. The Large Magellanic Cloud, also called the LMC, is one of the Milky Way galaxy’s nearest neighbors. This dwarf galaxy looms large on the southern nighttime sky at 20 times the apparent diameter […]
Hubble Reveals First Pictures of Milky Way’s Formative Years
2013年11月14日 · NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the first visual evidence of how our home galaxy, the Milky Way, assembled itself into the majestic pinwheel of stars we see today.
It’s 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy
2 天之前 · Using Leavitt’s calculations, Hubble found that the distance to his Cepheid exceeded Shapley’s size for the Milky Way. Over subsequent months, Hubble examined other spiral nebulae as he ...
Milky Way Galaxy | Size, Definition, & Facts | Britannica
4 天之前 · Milky Way Galaxy (sometimes simply called the Galaxy), large spiral system of about several hundred billion stars, one of which is the Sun. It takes its name from the Milky Way, the irregular luminous band of stars and gas clouds that stretches across the sky as seen from Earth.
View of the heart of our Milky Way from Earth | ESA/Hubble
2018年1月12日 · The vast edge-on stretch of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is seen intersecting the night sky above the silhouetted Rocky Mountains in this photograph. The Milky Way noticeably widens at lower right. This wider area is the central hub, or bulge, of our galaxy.
Edwin Hubble | Biography, Discoveries, Education, & Facts
6 天之前 · At Mount Wilson, Hubble initially studied reflection nebulae within the Milky Way. However, soon he returned to the problem of the so-called spiral nebulae, objects he had investigated for his doctorate. The status of the spirals (as …
Hubble sees aftermath of galaxy’s scrape with Milky Way
2024年11月14日 · In an epic story of survival witnessed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, one of our nearest galactic neighbours has crashed through the Milky Way galaxy’s gaseous halo and lived to tell the tale.
Hubble’s Journey to the Center of our Galaxy - NASA Science
2016年3月31日 · Hubble's infrared vision pierced the dusty heart of our Milky Way galaxy to reveal more than half a million stars at its core. At the very hub of our galaxy, this star cluster surrounds the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, which is about 4 million times the mass of our sun.