Hubble Telescope Captures Stunning ‘Superbubble’ in Space

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the emission nebula LHA 120-N44, a vast cosmic structure located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado, according to Hubble astronomers. Situated within the Large Magellanic Cloud—a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that lies 163,000 light-years from the Sun, according to constellation-guide.com—the … Read more

New Gaia Data Upends 50-Year-Old Theory of Star and Galaxy Formation

Astronomers have discovered that star clusters do not always form with the same balance of small and large stars, challenging a foundational assumption used for more than half a century to measure galaxies, according to University of Missouri researchers who analyzed data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. The finding shows that a key … Read more