Abrand-new Hubble imagedelivers an incredible view of a quasar, enabling the space telescope to “peer closer than ever into the throat of an energetic monster black hole.” The new views, described as “weird,” show what could be a group of galaxies falling into a black hole. Quasars a...
With reasonable assumptions, it is possible to show that the stellar content in bars can be similar to that in classical bulges and elliptical galaxies. Finally, I revisit the cases of NGC 4608 and 5701 and show that the lack of stars in the disc region inside the bar radius is ...
In the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair) lies the impressive Coma Cluster — a structure of over a thousand galaxies bound together by gravity. Many of these galaxies are elliptical types, as is the brighter of the two galaxies dominating this image: NGC 4860 (cent...
As NGC 6814 is a very active galaxy, many regions of ionized gas are studded along itsspiral arms. In these large clouds of gas, a burst of star formation has recently taken place, forging the brilliant blue stars that are visible scattered throughout the galaxy....
Unlike a spiral or elliptical galaxy, the galaxy KK 246 looks like glitter spilled across a black velvet sheet. KK 246, also known as ESO 461-036, is a dwarf irregular galaxy residing within the Local Void, a vast region of empty space. This lonely galaxy is the only one known for cer...
A pair of interacting galaxies, formally known as MCG+05-31-045, is captured in this Hubble Space Telescope image. The larger elliptical galaxy is located in the center, boasting a bright core. Located to the left is a smaller companion with two distinct spiral arms.(Image ...
Sometimes galaxy classification is presented as something of a dichotomy:spiralandelliptical. However, the diverse variety of galaxies in this image alone highlights the complex web of galaxy classifications that exist. This includes galaxies that house extremely luminous AGNs at their cores and galaxies...
This is the first-ever image of a black hole. The EHT captured an image of the nearby elliptical galaxy Messier 87’s (M87’s) supermassive black hole.
See our space image of the day James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of galaxies in a cosmic 'feast' (image) Dust ESA/Hubble, NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015: Elliptical galaxy NGC 2768 lies in the constellation of Ursa Major (The ...
The revamped image is a reconstruction of one released in 2019. The earlier image, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, is of the supermassive black hole found in the center ofMessier 87(M87), an elliptical galaxy that's home to "several trillion stars" and located 54 million light-year...