跨星系的类星体海啸
一个天文学家小组利用美国国家航空航天局(NASA)的哈勃太空望远镜(Hubble Space Telescope)的独特功能，发现了宇宙中有史以来最强劲的能量外流。它们从类星体发出，像海啸一样横扫星际空间，对类星体所在的星系造成严重破坏。 类星体是极…
哈勃太空望远镜监视银河交通堵塞
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 3887, seen here as viewed by the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope,…
破纪录的黑洞爆炸被发现
宇宙中所见最大爆炸的证据来自钱德拉和XMM-牛顿卫星的X射线数据，以及默奇森宽场阵列射电望远镜和巨米波射电望远镜，如图所示。这次喷发是由位于星团中心星系的一个黑洞引起的，它喷发出了喷流，并在周围的热气体中形成了一个大洞。研究人员估计这次爆炸释放的能量…
UGC 12591：已知自旋最快的星系
2020 February 19 UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Le…
钱德拉发现一个正在形成的巨型星系团
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a…
哈勃太空望远镜从著名的星表中观察星系
This bright, somewhat blob-like object — seen in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — is a galaxy named …
哈勃太空望远镜拍摄到了星系的天体亮片
This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenic…
距离2300万光年的银河烟火
A galaxy about 23 million light years away is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. Rather than paper, powder and fire, …
哈勃太空望远镜的螺旋盘隆起特写
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (the Table…