Image of the Day: 10/10/14

(Photo Credit:  ESA/Hubble/NASA/Nick Rose)

This magnificent new image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 4206: an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo.

Image of the Day: 15/8/14

(Photo Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt)

This new Hubble Space Telescope image has captured a whole host of colourful and differently shaped galaxies. Some galaxies are bright and nearby while others are fuzzy and located so far away from Earth that they appear as small specks in the background sky. 

Image of the Day: 29/7/14

(Photo Credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS/HerM33es Key Programme/C. Kramer/M. Boquien)

This is the nearby M33 galaxy, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy, pictured blossoming with star birth.

Image of the Day: 14/7/14

(Photo Credit: ESA/Hubble/NASA/D. Calzetti/the LEGUS Team)

This photograph, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the nearby spiral galaxy, NGC 1433. Located around 32 million light-years from Earth, NGC 1433 is a Seyfert galaxy, a type of galaxy classification that accounts for only 10% of all galaxies. Seyfert galaxies are very active and have very bright, luminous centers that are comparable in brightness to that of our entire galaxy, the Milky Way.

Seven new dwarf galaxies discovered

(The seven galaxies pictured surrounding the Pinwheel Galaxy – Photo Credit: Yale University)

Using a new, unique type of telescope, Yale University astronomers have discovered seven dwarf galaxies that surround M101, the well-known Pinwheel Galaxy. The previously unknown galaxies could reveal important insights into dark matter and galaxy evolution, while signaling the discovery of a new class of cosmic objects.

Image of the Day: 16/6/14

(Photo Credit: ESA/NASA/Hubble/ R. Buta)

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured another amazing picture, this time of the golden rings of distant galaxy, NGC 3081, alongside an assortment of glittering galaxies which are visible in the background.