Tag: Astronomy

Markarian's Chain

May 4, 2026

Near the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, a string of galaxies known as Markar...

St Andrews astronomers help make the most extensive map...

Apr 30, 2026

Researchers from the University of St Andrews have been involved in one of the m...

Mystic mountain monster being destroyed

Apr 30, 2026

Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying...

UGC 1810: Wildly interacting galaxy from Hubble

Apr 28, 2026

What's happening to this spiral galaxy?

Three sky arches over snowy Alps

Apr 22, 2026

Why are there three arches across the sky instead of two?

Comet R3 PanSTARRS over a Himalayan valley

Apr 20, 2026

The best way to see comet R3 PanSTARRS’s long tail is with a camera.

M82: Starburst galaxy with a superwind

Apr 19, 2026

Messier 82 is a starburst galaxy with a superwind. In fact, through supernova ex...

South celestial tree

Apr 16, 2026

If you live in the northern hemisphere, you may have learned how to locate the N...

NGC 602 and Beyond

Apr 14, 2026

The clouds may look like an oyster, and the stars like pearls, but look beyond.

Hickson 44 in Leo

Mar 29, 2026

Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues...

Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297

Mar 23, 2026

Spiral NGC 1300 and elliptical NGC 1297 are galaxies that lie on the banks of th...

Cygnus and the solitary tree

Mar 19, 2026

A lone tree stands in a quiet meadow in Guadalajara, Spain, silhouetted against ...

CG 4: The Globule and the Galaxy

Mar 13, 2026

Is this a cosmic monster ready to devour an unsuspecting galaxy?

Dame Carole Jordan, astrophysicist who studied ‘cool st...

Mar 13, 2026

Sirius: The brightest star in the night sky

Mar 11, 2026

Sirius is visible on the far left of the above photograph, to the left of the co...