Composite photo of the slowest-spinning neutron star discovered so far (9-2016): background stars photographed in optical wavelengths; colorful cloud is the supernova remnant RCW 103, photographed in X-ray wavelengths, with the white neutron star at its center.Credit: Image: X-ray:NASA/CXC/University...
A lone source shines out brightly from the dark expanse of deep space, glowing softly against a picturesque backdrop of distant stars and colorful galaxies.
Captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), this scene shows...
Visualization of Chariklo and its rings ( left; ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger). Visualization of the rings as seen from Chariklo's surface (right ESO).Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)Close
A team of researchers has clarified the origin of the rings recently discovered...
On Mars there are ‘Marsquakes’ which may produce hydrogen in the same way as on Earth.Credit: University of Aberdeen
Analysis of rocks in the Outer Hebrides has provided a tantalising clue that Mars may contain habitats which can potentially support...
The comet breaks apart: This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the ancient comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami disintegrating as it approaches the sun. The observations represent one of the sharpest views of an icy comet breaking apart. The comet debris consists...
This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star as it is being devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption flare.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Supermassive black holes, with their immense gravitational pull, are notoriously good at clearing...
ALMA image of the central region of galaxy NGC 1068. The torus of material harboring the supermassive black hole is highlighted in the pullout box. This region, which is approximately 40 light-years across, is the result of material flung...
This image from the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope shows the active galaxy Markarian 1018, which has a supermassive black hole at its core. The faint loops of light around the galaxy are a result of its...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution, enhanced color view of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the spacecraft's Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera...
Galaxies of Stephan's Quintet in the constellation Pegasus, observed by the Hubble Space Telescope.Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team.
Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the Universe.
The...
ALMA image of the disk around the young star TW Hydrae. Several gaps are clearly depicted. Researchers found that the size of the dust particles in the inner 22 au gap is smaller than in the other bright regions...
