Featured Image: H I Gas in the Triangulum Galaxy
A new view of the Triangulum Galaxy reveals the motions of the hydrogen gas in its inner disk.
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Featured Image: Identifying Weird Galaxies
You probably know about spirals and ellipticals, but have you heard of ring galaxies?
Featured Image: Central Black Holes in Late-Type Galaxies
Hidden black holes have been discovered lurking in the centers of nearby low-mass galaxies.
Featured Image: A Detailed Look at the Crab Nebula
Planning on watching fireworks tomorrow? Here’s an astronomical firework to help you start the celebrations!
Featured Image: A New Look at Fomalhaut
New ALMA observations of the Fomalhaut star system reveal the stunning glow of the outer ring of debris surrounding the central star.
Featured Image: Interacting Galaxies
This beautiful composite image reveals the grazing collision of two galaxies located 114 million light-years away from us.
Featured Image: A Filament Forms and Erupts
This dynamic image of active region NOAA 12241 reveals the formation of a solar filament.
Featured Image: Active Cryovolcanism on Europa?
Evidence is mounting that Europa’s icy surface is active and vents water vapor from its subsurface ocean.
Featured Image: A Slow-Spinning X-Ray Pulsar
A pulsar in the Andromeda galaxy has recently been caught in the act of being “recycled” by a companion.
Featured Image: Globular Cluster Orbits
The release of data from Gaia has allowed us to improve our understanding of the globular clusters that orbit the Milky Way.