SciShorts: Hubble Captures the Collision of Two Galaxies

350 million light years away are two galaxies that seem to be on a collision course. This particular system of the galaxies is known as Arp 256. The picture of the image (above) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows tails of stars, dust and even stellar nurseries*. About four billion years from now, our […]

SciShorts: The Hubble Captures Rare Images of an Ancient Galaxy

The Hubble Telescope captured a close up view of what seems to be one of the oldest galaxies in the universe. Astronomers believe that this galaxy existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The telescope received light that was 130 billion years old – which speaks how far this galaxy is from us. […]