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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 |
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 |
ssc2019-15b 08.27.19 Full Infrared View of the M81 GalaxyThe magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space T... view image |
ssc2019-15d 08.27.19 M81 Galaxy by StarlightThe nearby spiral galaxy, Messier 81 (M81) is shown in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This image sho... view image |
ssc2019-15a 08.27.19 Galaxy M81 in Infrared, RevisitedThe magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this NASA Spitzer Space Telescope imag... view image |
ssc2019-15c 08.27.19 The Dust of Galaxy M81Wispy patterns of dust trace the spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space ... view image |
ssc2019-11a 06.26.19 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Visible LightThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... view image |
ssc2019-11d 06.26.19 The Infrared Whirlpool GalaxyThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... view image |
ssc2019-11b 06.26.19 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Visible and Infrared LightThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... view image |
ssc2019-11c 06.26.19 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Infrared LightThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... 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 |
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 |
ssc2019-03b 02.27.19 Galaxy Merger VII Zw 96This image shows the merger of two galaxies, known as NGC 6786 (right) and UGC 11415 (left), also collectively called... view image |
ssc2019-03a 02.27.19 Galaxy Merger Arp86This image shows the merger of two galaxies, known as NGC 7752 (larger) and NGC 7753 (smaller), also collectively cal... view image |
ssc2019-03c 02.27.19 Galaxy Merger Arp 302This image shows two merging galaxies known as Arp 302, also called VV 340. In these images, different colors corresp... 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 |
ssc2018-05a 01.31.18 Arp 142: The Penguin and the EggThis image of distant interacting galaxies, known collectively as Arp 142, bears an uncanny resemblance to a penguin ... view image |
ssc2017-14a 10.16.17 Spitzer Sees Flicker of Neutron Star CollisionNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has provisionally detected the faint afterglow of the explosive merger of two neutron s... view image |
ssc2017-14a1 10.16.17 Infrared View of NGC 4993, Host Galaxy to a Neutron Star MergerNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has provisionally detected the faint afterglow of the explosive merger of two neutron s... view image |
ssc2017-14a2 10.16.17 Flicker of A Neutron Star Merger in Infrared LightNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has provisionally detected the faint afterglow of the explosive merger of two neutron s... 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 |
ssc2015-03b 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 |
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 |
sig14-030 12.12.14 Galactic Gathering Gives Sparkling Light DisplayAt this time of year, holiday parties often include festive lights. When galaxies get together, they also may be surr... view image |
sig14-029 12.05.14 A Flood of Gas (Annotated)A new feature in the evolution of galaxies has been captured in this image of galactic interactions. view image |
sig14-027 10.22.14 Galactic Wheel of Life Shines in InfraredThe ghostly structures highlighting the peculiar patterns of orbiting stars in the center of the galaxy NGC 1292 stan... view image |
sig14-026 10.22.14 Ring of Stellar FireA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, taken in infrared light, shows where the action is taking place in g... view image |
sig14-025 10.15.14 Sluggish Galaxy Grows Stars SlowlyA small galaxy, called Sextans A, is shown here in a multi-wavelength mosaic captured by the European Space Agency's ... 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 |
sig14-010b 05.21.14 Dark Clouds on the Milky Way's HorizonThe large cloud looms in the very center of this image of the galactic plane from Spitzer. A new study takes advantag... view image |
sig14-010 05.21.14 Mapping the Densest Dusty Cloud CoresAstronomers have found cosmic clumps so dark, dense and dusty that they throw the deepest shadows ever recorded. The ... view image |
sig14-008 04.23.14 Professional and Amateur Quartet of GalaxiesA new collaboration combines data from amateur astronomers with data from NASA mission archives. 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 |
ssc2014-02a 03.20.14 GLIMPSE the Galaxy All the Way AroundA new panorama from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows us our galaxy's plane all the way around us in infrared light. view image |
sig14-004a 02.26.14 The Cigar Galaxy M82This image shows M82, also known as the "Cigar galaxy," in infrared light, as observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telesc... view image |
sig14-004 02.26.14 Seeing Through a Veil of DustThe closest supernova of its kind to be observed in the last few decades has sparked a global observing campaign invo... view image |
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