![]() ssc2020-11b 04.29.20 Sizes of Black Holes in Galaxy OJ 287 Relative to the Solar SystemTwo supermassive black holes are locked in an orbital dance at the core of the distant galaxy OJ 287. This diagram sh... view image |
![]() ssc2010-03a 03.17.10 How to Spot a Primitive Black HoleThese two data plots from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show a primitive supermassive black hole (top) compared to a... 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 |
![]() ssc2008-01a 01.10.08 Slender Galaxy with Robust Black HoleThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicates that a flat, spiral galaxy called NGC 3621 has a feed... view image |
![]() sig07-020 10.22.07 Cosmic Caper Unfolds in Infrared: Spectrum of Stolen Hot Gas in 3C 326This plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals vast reservoirs of hot gas in a galaxy about a billion ... view image |
![]() ssc2007-16a 10.09.07 Dust in the Wind of Quasar PG2112+059An Infrared spectrum taken by Spitzer shows dust in the wind of a distant quasar. Where did all this dust come from ... view image |
![]() ssc2006-06a 02.15.06 Crystal Storm in Distant GalaxyThis graph of infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that a distant galaxy called IRAS 0... view image |
![]() ssc2005-15a 07.28.05 Charting Ingredients for LifeThis graph, or spectrum, charts light from a faraway galaxy located 10 billion light years from Earth. It tracks mid-... view image |
![]() ssc2005-08a 03.01.05 Fingerprints in the LightThis graph, or spectrum, shows the light from a dusty, distant galaxy located 11 billion light-years away. The galaxy... view image |
![]() ssc2003-06h 12.18.03 Galaxy IRAS F00183-7111NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the building blocks of life in the distant universe, albeit in a violent ... view image |