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A mosaic of JWST and Hubble data of the "Pillars of Creation" visualization.
(Image credit: Greg Bacon (STScI), Ralf Crawford (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI), Christian Nieves (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), NASA's Universe of Learning)

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Space photo of the week: Violent galaxies seen 'jousting' near the dawn of time

By Jamie Carter published

The new image shows one galaxy piercing another with intense quasar radiation. Astronomers likened the violent galaxy collision to a medieval joust.

Astronomy
An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud with blue, purple, and pink hues

Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images ever

By Jamie Carter published

The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Astronomy

Space photo of the week: Bizarre 1-armed spiral galaxy stuns Hubble scientists

By Jamie Carter published

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away. Remarkably, the spiral galaxy has only one visible arm.

Astronomy

Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once

By Jamie Carter published

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to 12 billion light-years away.

Astronomy

Space photo of the week: Iconic 'Eagle Nebula' gets a major glow-up on Hubble's 35th anniversary

By Jamie Carter published

One of the Hubble Space Telescope's most iconic images has been reprocessed using the latest techniques.

Astronomy

James Webb telescope reveals hidden past of the Crystal Ball Nebula - Space Photo of the Week

By Jamie Carter published

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula studied since the late 1800s.

Astronomy
a photograph of Mars rising behind the moon

Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible time

By Jamie Carter published

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

Mars
An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope. At the center of the MeerKAT image the region surrounding the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole blazes bright. Huge vertical filamentary structures echo those captured on a smaller scale by Webb in Sagittarius C’s blue-green hydrogen cloud.

Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before

By Jamie Carter published

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.

Astronomy
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features part of the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next door

By Jamie Carter published

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere.

Astronomy

Space photo of the week: The last sight you see before dying on the moon

By Jamie Carter published

The final act of the Blue Ghost lander's busy two weeks on the moon was to send back sunset shots featuring Earth and Venus.

The Moon
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