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NASA's Webb Probes an Extreme Starburst Galaxy

April 03, 2024Release ID: 2024-109 Missions: Webb

Amid a site teeming with new and young stars lies an intricate substructure.
Studying Galaxy Growth Spurts in the Early Universe with NASA’s Roman

June 27, 2022Release ID: 2022-018 Missions: Roman

Roman will bring new insights into the time known as “cosmic noon.”
Hubble Finds a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy

January 19, 2022Release ID: 2022-002 Missions: Hubble

Dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 continues to make a big impact, defying astronomers' expectations
Stellar 'Fireworks Finale' Came First in the Young Universe

January 08, 2002Release ID: 2002-02 Missions: Hubble

The deepest views of the cosmos from the Hubble Space Telescope yield clues that the very first stars may have burst into the universe as brilliantly and spectacularly as a fireworks finale. Except in this case, the...
Hubble Unveils a Galaxy in Living Color

May 31, 2001Release ID: 2001-16 Missions: Hubble

In this view of the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, the Hubble telescope reveals a stunning 2,400 light-year-wide circle of infant star clusters. Astronomers generally believe that the giant...
Hubble Spies Huge Clusters of Stars Formed by Ancient Encounter

March 07, 2001Release ID: 2001-08 Missions: Hubble

Studying galactic interactions is like sifting through the forensic evidence at a crime scene. Astronomers wade through the debris of a violent encounter, collecting clues so that they can reconstruct the celestial crime...
Astronomers Rule Out Starburst Galaxies as Contributing to the Far-Ultraviolet Background

June 13, 1995Release ID: 1995-28 Missions: STScI

Astronomers using the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), flown aboard the Shuttle ASTRO-2 mission, have been able to exclude one explanation for the mysterious far ultraviolet background radiation that existed when...