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ssc2020-11a 04.28.20 Black Hole Disk Flare in Galaxy OJ 287This image shows two massive black holes in the OJ 287 galaxy. The smaller black hole orbits the larger one, which is... view image |
ssc2018-08b 06.15.18 Black Hole vs. Star: A Tidal Disruption Event (Artist's Concept)An artist's concept of a tidal disruption event (TDE) that happens when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive... view image |
ssc2018-08a 06.15.18 A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299BAn image of the galaxy Arp299B, which is undergoing a merging process with Arp299A, captured by NASA's Hubble space t... view image |
ssc2012-14b 10.24.12 Spitzer Sees Stray StarlightWhen galaxies grow, they merge and become gravitationally tangled in a violent process that results in streams of sta... view image |
ssc2012-13b 10.03.12 Climbing the Cosmic Distance LadderAstronomers using NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope have greatly improved the cosmic distance ladder used to measure the ... 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 |
ssc2011-07a 06.30.11 Galaxies Near and FarThis split view shows how a normal spiral galaxy around our local universe (left) might have looked back in the dista... 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 |
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 |
sig10-022 10.27.10 Buckyballs in SpaceNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has detected buckyballs - intriguing, miniature-soccer-ball-shaped molecules - in inter... 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 |
ssc2008-10a 06.03.08 A Roadmap to the Milky WayLike early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our g... view image |
ssc2008-10b 06.03.08 A Roadmap to the Milky Way (Annotated)Like early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our g... view image |
ssc2008-01b 01.10.08 Galaxies of all Shapes Host Black HolesThis artist's concept illustrates the two types of spiral galaxies that populate our universe: those with plump middl... 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 |
sig07-015 08.16.07 Dust in HellAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected dust grains mingling with blazing hot gas at temperatu... 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 |
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