![]() sig13-017a 11.14.13 Two Galaxies Masquerading as OneWhat might look like a colossal jet shooting away from a galaxy turns out to be an illusion. New data from the Nation... view image |
![]() sig12-010 09.26.12 An Artist's View of the Heart of a QuasarQuasars, as pictured here in this artist's concept, are bright, energetic regions around giant, active black holes in... view image |
![]() sig10-022 10.27.10 Buckyballs in SpaceNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has detected buckyballs - intriguing, miniature-soccer-ball-shaped molecules - in inter... view image |
![]() ssc2010-09a 10.27.10 Extragalactic Space BallsFor the first time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected little spheres of carbon, called buckyballs, in a gal... view image |
![]() ssc2010-06b 07.22.10 Space BallsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has at last found buckyballs in space, as illustrated by this artist's conception show... view image |
![]() ssc2010-03b 03.17.10 Prehistoric Black HoleThis artist's conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at ... view image |
![]() ssc2009-14a 07.23.09 Coiled Creature of the NightThe galaxy NGC 1097 is located 50 million light-years away. It is spiral-shaped with long, spindly arms of stars. The... view image |
![]() ssc2009-06a 03.16.09 Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge GalaxyThis image of a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 shows them in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution... view image |
![]() sig07-026 12.14.07 Inner Turmoil of Growing GalaxiesThis artist's rendition illustrates a rare galaxy that is extremely dusty, and produces radio jets. Scientists suspec... view image |
![]() ssc2007-17c 10.25.07 Bursting with Stars and Black HolesA growing black hole, called a quasar, can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist's concept. Astron... view image |
![]() ssc2007-16b 10.09.07 Dust in the Quasar WindDusty grains -- including tiny specks of the minerals found in the gemstones peridot, sapphires, and rubies -- can be... view image |
![]() sig06-019 07.24.06 Black Hole Spills Kaleidoscope of ColorThis new composite image from NASA's Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows a giant jet of particles that... view image |
![]() ssc2005-17a 08.03.05 Gorilla Black Hole in the MistThis false-color image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy (yellow) that houses a quasar, a su... view image |