Not Spiral. Not Elliptical. So What Exactly Is This Galaxy?

NGC 2775, a galaxy 67 million light-years away, is puzzling astronomers with its mix of traits. The Hubble Space Telescope has released a new Picture of the Week, and this time the spotlight is on a ...

NASA Moving Out of Entire Buildings as It’s Gutted by Trump

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) — the country’s largest organization of Earth and space scientists, engineers, and ...
Space.com

Hubble Space Telescope watches dying star chow down on a Pluto-like world filled with ice

Anyone hungry for the icy crunch of a Pluto -like body? No? Well, one nearby white dwarf is going all in on a Pluto-esque ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Exoplanet Discoveries Pass the 6,000 Mark, Shedding Light on How Our Solar System Compares to the Rest of the Universe

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...
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Studies On The Black Hole Delivery System Using NASA's Chandra X-Ray And Hubble Space Telescope

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have been used to study a cluster of stars, nicknamed “Nikhuli," that may be acting as a black hole "delivery system." Credit: NASA/CXC/A. H ...
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Triple System Of 'Icy Space Rocks' May Have Been Found In Kuiper Belt For 2nd Time

The Keck Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may have uncovered a "potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA's Goddard ...

Astronomers have found more than 6,000 exoplanets. Billions more could be out there

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in025. Billions more are waiting to be ...