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ssc2019-05c 04.25.19 Spitzer Captures Messier 87The galaxy M87 looks like a hazy, blue space-puff in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. At the galaxy's ... view image |
ssc2019-05b 04.25.19 Spitzer Captures Messier 87 (Jets)The galaxy M87, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is home to a supermassive black hole that spews two je... view image |
ssc2019-05a 04.25.19 Spitzer Captures Messier 87 (EHT)This wide-field image of the galaxy M87 was taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The top inset shows a close-up o... view image |
sig16-18 09.28.16 'Pandora's Cluster' Seen by SpitzerThis image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also called Pandora's Cluster, was taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The... view image |
sig16-005 01.07.16 Galaxy Cluster IDCS J1426Astronomers have made the most detailed study yet of an extremely massive young galaxy cluster using three of NASA's ... view image |
sig15-013 11.03.15 A Giant Gathering of GalaxiesThe galaxy cluster called MOO J1142+1527 can be seen here as it existed when light left it 8.5 billion years ago. The... view image |
ssc2015-03a 09.10.15 What Feeds the Beast in a Galaxy Cluster? (annotated)A massive cluster of galaxies, called SpARCS1049+56, can be seen in this multi-wavelength view from NASA's Hubble and... view image |
ssc2015-03b 09.10.15 What Feeds the Beast in a Galaxy Cluster?A massive cluster of galaxies, called SpARCS1049+56, can be seen in this multi-wavelength view from NASA's Hubble and... view image |
sig14-015 06.12.14 Foreground Clusters Magnify Distant GalaxiesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct the Spitzer UltRaFaint Survey... view image |
sig14-006 03.27.14 Distant Galaxies Lensed by Cluster J0717J0717 isn't just a large cluster of galaxies; astronomers are using it like a giant telephoto lens attachment to stud... view image |
sig13-018 12.18.13 Galactic MetropolisThe large white and yellow dots in this picture are stars in our galaxy, while the rest of the smaller dots are dista... view image |
ssc2011-05a 04.12.11 Annotated View of Abell 383The giant cluster of elliptical galaxies in the center of this image contains so much dark matter mass that its gravi... view image |
ssc2011-05b 04.12.11 Gravitational Lensing in ActionThis illustration shows a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, which is used by astronomers to study very dista... view image |
ssc2011-02a 01.12.11 Galactic City at the Edge of the UniverseThe growing galactic metropolis, named COSMOS-AzTEC3, is the most distant known massive "proto-cluster" of galaxies, ... view image |
sig10-024 11.24.10 Bent Galactic JetsAstronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that, like a lighthouse, has illuminated new details about a celes... view image |
sig10-018 08.18.10 Ancient Galaxy Cluster Still Producing StarsAstronomers have found that stars are forming more rapidly in the center of a distant galaxy cluster than at its edge... view image |
sig10-005 05.11.10 Galactic MetropolisIn this recent deep excavation, courtesy of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have unearthed what may be th... view image |
sig08-009 08.06.08 Collage of Hubble and Spitzer Images of Galaxy Cluster MS1054A Hubble Space Telescope snapshot of galaxy cluster MS1054 is featured in the center of this image, with individual g... view image |
ssc2008-04a 02.12.08 One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early UniverseA massive cluster of yellowish galaxies is seemingly caught in a spider web of eerily distorted background galaxies. ... view image |
sig08-003 01.25.08 Celestial Cities and the Roads That Connect ThemNew observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that galaxies prefer to raise stars in cosmic suburbia r... view image |
ssc2007-13c1 08.06.07 Galactic Pileup (no planet)This artist's concept illustrates one of the largest smash-ups of galaxies ever observed. NASA's Spitzer Space Telesc... view image |
ssc2007-13c 08.06.07 Galactic PileupThis artist's concept shows what the night sky might look like from a hypothetical planet around a star tossed out of... view image |
sig07-004 07.04.07 Comet Galaxy in Abell 2667The "Comet Galaxy, " part of the galaxy cluster Abell 2667, is the bright red object seen to the left of the cluster ... view image |
ssc2007-10a 05.28.07 Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma ClusterThis false-color mosaic of the central region of the Coma cluster combines infrared and visible-light images to revea... view image |
sig06-015 06.05.06 Galaxies Gather at Great DistancesAstronomers have discovered nearly 300 galaxy clusters and groups, including almost 100 located 8 to 10 billion light... view image |
sig06-006 03.21.06 Distant Galaxy Cluster ISCS J143809+341419Like great friends, galaxies stick together. Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have spotted a handful ... view image |
ssc2005-03b 01.11.05 At the Heart of BlobsThis artist's concept illustrates one possible answer to the puzzle of the "giant galactic blobs." These blobs (red),... view image |
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