Deep-space

Fast Facts of Lo Volcanic Activity: The Solar System's most volcanically active body, Io, is revealing its scarred and sulfurous surface in stunning from Jupiter probe Juno. Juno came as close as just 11,680 kilometres from Io's hellish surface, capturing breathtaking views of its north polar reg

9.5 Light Years Long At 90 trillion kilometres high, about twice the distance from our sun to the nearest star, stars in the Eagle Nebula are born A great tower of cold gas and dust rising from a stellar nursery called the Eagle Nebula, the soaring tower is nine and a half light-years long. This is

Fast Facts Spiral Arms: The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in an image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, recalls the pattern at the sunflower's centre. So the nickname for this cosmic object — the Sunflower Galaxy — is no coincidence. Discovery: Discove

An unusual-shaped object in today's space photo is the result of gravitational lensing, a process where gravity bends and pulls light from distant sources. In this case, the light from the background galaxy has been distorted by the gravity of the galaxy cluster sitting in front of it. Gravitation

Fast Facts •  Distance: NGC 3783 is a staggering 130 million light-years away from Earth. Despite the vast distance, it appears quite bright due to its active central region.  • Early Stage of Evolution: The galaxy group is thought to be in a relatively early stage of evolution. This makes it a

Fast Facts The Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of the spiral galaxy NGC 105, situated about 215 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. NGC 105 appears to be on a collision course with a neighbouring galaxy, but this is merely an illusion created by their alignment i

Galaxies dance over millions of years, producing exquisite grand designs. One such example is the galactic duel known as NGC 5394 and 5, nicknamed the Heron Galaxy. The existence of our universe is dependent upon interactions, from subatomic particles to clusters of galaxies. Interactions can t

This image includes ultraviolet and visible data from Hubble & Infrared data from Webb. Hubble and Webb have different strengths and capabilities that complement each other. Hubble observes mainly in visible and ultraviolet light, while Webb observes primarily in infrared. This image of galaxy pair

Fast Facts The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines brightly in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog) in this new image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Many stars are concentrated in its central region, forming the luminous bar surroun

This photograph features the giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020. They are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located approximately 163,000 light years away. Among the various named regions of the Large Magellanic C

VY Canis Majoris is surrounded by an extensive and dense asymmetric red reflection nebula, formed from the material lost from the star. The nebula has an estimated mass of 0.2-0.4 solar masses and a complex structure that includes filaments and arcs caused by past eruptions. The star's massive e

Terzan 12 Globular Cluster This image from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the globular cluster Terzan 12 in stunning detail. The image, which was taken using the Wide Field Camera 3, shows thousands of stars packed together in a tight cluster. The stars are arranged in a roughly spherical s

Fast Facts The Crab Nebula, originating from a brilliant supernova observed by Chinese and other astronomers in 1054, lies 6,500 light-years away from Earth. At its heart resides a neutron star, an incredibly dense object formed from the supernova's remnants. Rotating approx 30 times per second