The IRAS 05437+2502 nebula waves among the bright stars and dark dust clouds that surround it in this striking image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is located in the direction of the Taurus Constellation at an undetermined distance, near the central plane of our Milky Way. Unlike many of Hubble's targets, this object has..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
NGC 2467 is a star-forming region that includes areas where large clouds of hydrogen gas incubate new stars. NGC 2467 does not represent a single open star cluster, but rather represents a superposition of several stellar groups along the same line of sight from Earth's perspective, which have distinctly different distances and..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The compact group of galaxies Hickson 88 is located in the direction of the Aquarius constellation and is located at a distance of about 270 million light years from the Milky Way. It is mainly composed of four prominent galaxies, cataloged as NGC 6975, also called NGC 6976, a spiral discovered by Albert Marth on..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
NGC 1087, seen here in an infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, is a SAB-type barred spiral galaxy, which has a size of about 60,000 light years in diameter, located at a distance of about 80 million light years from the Milky Way and is located in the direction of the Cetus Constellation. It is located one degree southeast of..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The galaxy NGC 4254, also cataloged as Messier 99, was captured in this image by the James Webb Space Telescope. M99 is located at a distance of about 50 million light years from the Milky Way and is located in the direction of the Coma Berenices Constellation. It is a highly designed spiral galaxy, with a morphological classification indicating..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
This striking image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows an aging star whose outer layers of gas have been ejected into space. These gases shine amid the fierce ultraviolet glow of the small, hot remnant of the star, located at the center of the cloud. This object, cataloged as NGC 6741 and popularly known as the Ghost Ray Nebula, is located..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The image by the team of astronomers Thierry Demange, Richard Galli and Thomas Petit, from the Atacama Potographic Observatory or APO, shows a nebulous field that is located in the direction of the Eridanus constellation. The two large nebulae that cover the field of view are LBN 906 on the right and LBN 917 on the..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The galaxy UGC 12158 captured in this image by the Hubble Space Telescope is not hiding. This spiral wonder poses on its face, revealing its structure in great detail. UGC 12158 is an excellent example of a barred spiral galaxy. These galaxies, as their name suggests, feature spectacular spiral arms filled with swirling stars emanating from a..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
Messier 15 seen here in an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a globular star cluster that is about 13 billion years old, making it one of the oldest objects in the Universe. However, Messier 15 has an abundant stellar population and is very bright despite its age. It is a spherical conglomerate of old stars that..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
NGC 3247, seen here in the center of the image by astronomer Mark Hanson, is an open star cluster located in the direction of the Carina Constellation, it is located at a distance of about 13,700 light years from the Solar System and was discovered by John Herschel on April 1, 1834. This distance and location place NGC 3247 in the..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The galaxy EGSY8p7, seen here in the center of the image, was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, as it is a Lyman-alpha emitter. The galaxy is located at a redshift distance of z=8.6, in the early Universe, where the emission of light from excited hydrogen atoms is seen, that is..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The high concentration of stars within globular clusters, like Messier 12, shown here in an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, makes them beautiful photographic targets. But the little space within these clusters also makes them home to exotic binary star systems where two stars are locked in tight orbits around each other and the..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the relatively small galaxy UGC 5189 A, the designation UGC 5189 refers to the tip of the tidal tail that extends to the left in the image, the trail of the galaxy's passage after an interaction with another galaxy. Possibly responsible for this interaction is the galaxy with an..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
This image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows Arp 122, a peculiar interaction comprising two galaxies, NGC 6040 is the tilted and warped spiral galaxy, and NGC 6039, also called NGC 6042, is the upside-down spiral, which It is independently listed as NGC 6040A or NGC 6040S. These galaxies are in the middle of..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
This image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a dwarf irregular galaxy called UGC 9128. It is located in the direction of the Bootes Constellation and is located at a distance of about 8 million light years from the Milky Way. It contains around 100 million stars, a small number compared to our galaxy. Dwarf galaxies are..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The image by astronomer Emil Ivanov shows the emission nebula RCW 28, which is divided into two components called Gum 22 and Gum 23. Both the RCW Catalog and the Gum Catalog contain H-Alpha emission nebulae visible from the southern hemisphere of the Earth, and many of its designations coincide with the same object or..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
An FRB, short for Fast Radio Burst, is a fleeting explosion of energy that can, for a few milliseconds, eclipse an entire galaxy. Hundreds of FRBs have been detected in recent years. They appear all over the sky like camera flashes from a stadium event, but the sources behind these intense bursts of radiation remain uncertain. This FRB is..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
Collinder 306, also cataloged as NGC 6169, seen in the center of this image, is a seventh magnitude open star cluster located in the direction of the Norma Constellation, has an age of 32 million years and is located at a distance about 3,800 light years from the Solar System, although the distance has not been..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The image by astronomer Scott Rosen presents the Iris Nebula in its entirety. It is a bright reflection nebula located in the direction of the Cepheus Constellation, it is located at a distance of 1,300 light years from Earth and has a size of six light years in diameter. It contains the open star cluster NGC 7023, also called..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
This strange protoplanetary nebula, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, is cataloged as IRAS 09371+1212 and is popularly known as the Leo frosty Nebula. It is located at a distance of about 3,000 light years from the Solar System and is located in the direction of the Leo Costellation. Despite their name, protoplanetary nebulae have nothing to..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
Astronomers know how massive stars collapse to form small black holes a few times the mass of the Sun. However, it is unclear how supermassive black holes form in the cores of galaxies, as they can have masses of millions or even billions of times that of our star. One idea is that supermassive black holes can..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
In intergalactic terms, our Solar System is vertically located as part of a large spiral galaxy, the Milky Way. Numerous, less glamorous dwarf galaxies keep the Milky Way company. Many galaxies, however, are comparatively isolated and without close neighbors. One such example is the small galaxy known as UGC 9240, imaged here by..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
This galaxy salad was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope and features a rich concentration of spiral galaxies. The most prominent galaxy is NGC 1356, the two closest small galaxies are LEDA 95415 and LEDA 467699. To the left floating face to face is IC 1947. Another galaxy in the field of view is Gaia DR3 4737365660680635008 with..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
The excellent image by astronomer Warren Keller in collaboration with Mike Selby, shows NGC 2438, a planetary nebula that is located in the direction of the Puppis Constellation and is located at a distance of approximately 2,900 light years from the Solar System. Visually it appears among the stars of the..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
This huge image shows the giant galaxy cluster called MACS J0717.5+3745. The large field of view is a combination of 18 separate exposures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. By studying the distorting effects of gravity on the light of background galaxies, a team of astronomers has discovered the presence of..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
