Quasars are luminous beacons powered by black holes consuming material at the centers of galaxies. In a recent study, Hubble provided an up-close look at the environment around 3C 273, revealing ...

Astronomers have used STIS to unveil dusty disks around stars to understand the formation of planetary systems, and now they can use STIS to better understand quasars' host galaxies. The Hubble ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures the closest look yet at the host galaxy of a quasar. Credit: NASA / ESA / Bin Ren / Joseph DePasquale The Hubble Space Telescope captured some weird ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of "festive" irregular galaxy UGC 8091. Credit: Space.com | ...

26, 2024 — In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to ...

Hubble’s Law — also known as the Hubble Constant — says that galaxies are moving away from us at a rate of 67-68 kilometers per second per megaparsec (a megaparsec is 3.26 million light-years).