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27 February 2025 20:57

Astronomers using Hubble have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet blasting from a supermassive black hole at the core of galaxy M87 (left) seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory (right): bit.ly/3XwMsiu 🔭 🧪

Space Telescope Science Institute

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27 February 2025 20:56

NEW: Hubble has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up of one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. R Aquarii undergoes violent eruptions that blast out huge filaments of glowing gas: bit.ly/3Uazoyd 🔭 🧪

Space Telescope Science Institute

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27 February 2025 20:55

No mask, no veins, no blood … In this new, crisp image from #NASAWebb and Hubble, the smaller galaxy at left “slithered” behind the larger galaxy. The combo of mid-infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light allows us to see the galaxies in ghastly detail: webbtelescope.pub/48wDgQc 🔭 🧪

Space Telescope Science Institute

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27 February 2025 20:54

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors. This dwarf galaxy looms large on the southern nighttime sky at 20 times the apparent diameter of the full Moon. And it survived a crash with our galaxy’s halo. (1/6)

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27 February 2025 20:54

Young star FU Orionis is pretty shocking! Astronomers used Hubble to observe the sizzling star in ultraviolet light. At 16,000 kelvins, nearly three times our sun’s surface temperature, its disk is nearly twice as hot as prior models have calculated: bit.ly/4fZwSU5