In space, the lack of air to scatter sunlight results in a black sky studded with stars. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provides photographs to help the public understand ...
Eye in the Sky This image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 4826 — a spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair). This ...
The spectacular image captures the stunning visual of the Messier 100 galaxy, located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The image is captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. One of the ...
You’ll want a 4-inch scope to spy its soft 9th-magnitude glow. Start at magnitude 4.3 Alpha (α) Comae Berenices, shift north 1° to hit the bright globular star cluster M53, then east another ...
What is the universe made of? How did it begin? How has it evolved over the 13.8 billion years since its origin? These are some of the questions addressed by cosmology, the study of the universe as a ...