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Nearby star photobombs portrait of a distant galaxy in new Hubble Telescope image
A bright star located in the Milky Way appears nestled in the distant galaxy NGC 5530 due to a chance alignment along the ...
Image: A chance alignment in Lupus
The subject of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. NGC 5530 ...
Protoplanetary disks are much smaller than previously thought, new study finds
Using ALMA, the researchers imaged all known protoplanetary disks around young stars in Lupus, a star-forming region located about 400 light years from Earth in the southern constellation Lupus. The ...
Hubble Caught a Cosmic Illusion – And a Supernova Just in Time
A picturesque galaxy 40 million light-years away, NGC 5530 dazzles with its patchy spiral arms in the constellation Lupus.
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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...
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Hubble Space Telescope Spots Chance Alignment 40 Million Light-Years Away from Earth
The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf, and ...
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2 Spiral Arms Emerge from the Gas-Rich Disk Around SAO 206462, a Young Star (IMAGE)
Two spiral arms emerge from the gas-rich disk around SAO 206462, a young star in the constellation Lupus. This image, acquired by the Subaru Telescope and its HiCIAO instrument, is the first to ...