Round-ish with a bonus This week’s first large-scope object is elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, which lies in the sky’s largest constellation, Hydra the Water Snake. It shines at magnitude 10.8 and ...
Credit: CHIME FRB 20190208A's persistent pops allowed the astronomers to track down its origin, and then use optical ...
This image displays a galaxy known as ESO 486-21 (with several other background galaxies and foreground stars visible in the field as well). ESO 486-21 is a spiral galaxy -- albeit with a somewhat ...