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In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

By |2025-06-24T12:44:26-04:00June 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Is there a spiral galaxy in the center of this spiral galaxy? Sort of. Image data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory, and smaller telescopes on planet Earth are combined in this detailed portrait of face-on spiral galaxy Messier 61 (M61) and its bright center. A mere [...]

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

By |2025-04-14T09:09:10-04:00April 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What's happening at the center of our galaxy? It's hard to tell with optical telescopes since visible light is blocked by intervening interstellar dust. In other bands of light, though, such as radio, the galactic center can be imaged and shows itself to be quite an interesting and active place. [...]

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

By |2024-11-24T08:09:05-05:00November 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What lies at the center of our galaxy? In Jules Verne's science fiction classic, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Professor Liedenbrock and his fellow explorers encounter many strange and exciting wonders. Astronomers already know of some of the bizarre objects that exist at our Galactic Center, including [...]

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