Mar 25, 2024 · The telescope also will carry a UV spectrograph, jointly built by UC Berkeley and Caltech, to record detail about the UV wavelengths emitted by massive stars and during stellar …

Jun 3, 2013 · New surveys conducted by NASA’s Swift provide the most detailed overviews ever captured in ultraviolet light of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two closest major …

Explanation: What does the Andromeda galaxy look like in ultraviolet light? Young blue stars circling the galactic center dominate. A mere 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda …

Oct 27, 2010 · It is the highest-resolution image of the galaxy ever recorded in the ultraviolet. Also known as the Andromeda Galaxy, M31 is more than 220,000 light-years across and lies 2.5 …

Oct 14, 2009 · The galaxy, known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy to our own. This mosaic of M31 merges 330 individual images taken by …

Jun 25, 2013 · Astronomers assemble broad and intricate UV pictures of two nearby galaxies. This video, narrated by NASA researcher Dr. Stefan Immler, highlights some of the most …

Feb 18, 2025 · The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party, complete with a disco ball-style light show. Using NASA’s James Webb Space …

By scanning the skies in UV light, it will be able to study the hottest objects and fleeting events like supernovae, complementing existing and upcoming telescopes watching in optical and...

1 day ago · This intermediate spiral galaxy is located about 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. Known as NGC 4536, the galaxy boasts sweeping spiral arms speckled …

UV light is a sign of young stars/recently formed stars. Which type of galaxy do you think is more likely to be forming stars? Where are the young stars forming in the spiral galaxy?