Galactic Pyrotechnics From 23 Million Light Years Away
Hubble Sights Galaxy’s Celestial Sequins
This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair). This might sound like an odd name for a constellation — and in fact it is somewhat unusual. It’s the only modern constellation named in honor of a real person from history: Queen Berenice II of Egypt.
Hubble Views a Galaxy with an Active Center
This swirling mass of celestial gas, dust and stars is a moderately luminous spiral galaxy named ESO 021-G004, located just under 130 million light-years away.
Hubble’s Close-Up of Spiral’s Disk, Bulge
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (the Table Mountain) lying about 85 million light-years away. It is a spiral galaxy, as evidenced by its characteristic whirling, pinwheeling arms, and it has a bar of stars slicing through its center.
Hubble Spots Galaxy’s Dramatic Details
Some of the most dramatic events in the universe occur when certain stars die — and explode catastrophically in the process. When these star deaths, or supernovae, occur, their brightness can rival the light of a whole galaxy. The galaxy NGC 5468, shown in this Hubble image, has hosted a number of these supernovae the past 20 years.
Carina Nebula's 'Mystic Mountain'
Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.”
Hubble Detects Dynamic Galactic Duo
While many galaxies lead their own separate, solitary lives, others stray a little too close to a near neighbor and take their friendship even deeper. The galaxies NGC 6285 and NGC 6286, have done just that! Together, the duo is named Arp 293 and they are interacting, their mutual gravitational attraction distorting their shapes.
Hubble Captures Dynamic Dying Star
This Hubble image shows a dark, gloomy scene in the constellation of Gemini (the Twins). The subject of this image confused astronomers when it was first studied — rather than being classified as a single object, it was instead recorded as two objects, owing to its symmetrical lobed structure.
Hubble’s Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow
Although it looks more like an entity seen through a microscope than a telescope, this rounded object, named NGC 2022, is certainly not algae or tiny, blobby jellyfish. Instead, it is a vast orb of gas in space, cast off by an aging star.
Hubble Spots Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years.
Hubble Takes Closer Look at Not-So-'Dead' Neighbor
Because they lack stellar nurseries and contain mostly old stars, elliptical galaxies — Like Messier 110 — are often considered “dead” when compared to their spiral relatives. But scientists have spotted signs of a population of young, blue stars at Messier 110's center, hinting that this neighbor of our Milky Way may not be so “dead” after all.
Menacing-Looking 'Face' Formed by Titanic Smashup Between Two Galaxies
This Hubble snapshot reveals what looks like an uncanny pair of glowing eyes glaring menacingly in our direction.
Hubble Snags Starry Galaxy
In this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 4380 looks like a special effect straight out of a science fiction or fantasy film, swirling like a gaping portal to another dimension. In the grand scheme of things, though, the galaxy is actually quite ordinary.
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