open cluster NGC 290Open cluster NGC 290, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Clusters smaller and less massive than the globular clusters are found in the plane of the Galaxy intermixed with the majority of the system’sstars, including theSun. These objects are the open clusters, so ca...
Galaxy, even though it was not yet known whether these correlations were applicable to other galaxies. As various types of galaxies were explored more completely, it became clear that the mix of populations in galaxies was correlated with Hubble type.Spiral galaxiessuch as the Milky Way Galaxy ...
[See amazing photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope] "Studies of these internal structures require the highest possible angular resolution and depth of exposure, and so far it is difficult to compete with the Advanced Camera for Survey images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field," he added. "...
What a difference 11 billion years makes, as can be seen in these two comparative views of our Milky Way galaxy. The top view shows how our galaxy looks today; the bottom view, how it appeared in the remote past. This photo illustration is based on a Hubble Space Telescope survey of ev...
It wasn't until the 1920s that Edwin Hubble conclusively demonstrated that the Milky Way was actually a "spiral nebula" or galaxy (from the Greek galaxies kuklos) resembling the Great Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The major difference is that our own Solar System resides within the Milky Way ...
It wasn't until the 1920s that Edwin Hubble conclusively demonstrated that the Milky Way was actually a "spiral nebula" or galaxy (from the Greek galaxies kuklos) resembling the Great Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The major difference is that our own Solar System resides within the Milky Way ...
The fact that this faint band of light is made up of stars was proven in 1610 when Galileo Galilei used his telescope to resolve it into individual stars. In the 1920s, observations by astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies. The Milky Way is a...
promising to capture pictures of universe with a degree of detail never before seen, we take a look back at some of the most breathtaking intergalactic images humanity has snapped, from early 18th century mysteries to more recent mind-blowing shots from the revolutionary Hubble Space Telescope. ...
This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) shows a beautiful spiral galaxy called NGC 6744. At first glance, it resembles our Milky Way albeit larger, measuring more than 200,000 light-years across compared to a 100,000-light-year diameter for o...
... And in our Milky Way. (Hubble Space Telescope looks at stars)Cowen, Ron