Hubble Probes Colorful Galaxy
This image displays a swirling spiral galaxy named NGC 2906. The blue speckles seen scattered across this galaxy are clusters of massive, young stars, which emit hot, blue-tinged radiation as they burn through…
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms
NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms – known as solar particle storms – into planetary space. Not only…
Chandra Data Tests ‘Theory of Everything’
One of the biggest ideas in physics is the possibility that all known forces, particles, and interactions can be connected in one framework. String theory is arguably the best-known proposal…
Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation in Infrared
Human eyes can see only a small portion of the range of radiation given off by the objects around us. We call this wide array of radiation the electromagnetic spectrum,…
Hubble Investigates Hungry Galaxy
The subject of this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy named NGC 1589, was once the scene of a violent bout of cosmic hunger pangs. As astronomers looked…