Picture Album: Exotic

Eighth Anniversary Image of Hubble's Smash Hits X-Rays Emanate From Heated Material Falling Into Black Hole Hubble Captures a "Five-Star" Rated Gravitational Lens X-Rays Shine From Heated Material Falling Into A Black Hole An Eclectic Mix of Galaxies "X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Cosmic Evolution Survey - Visible (Baryonic) Matter Giant Disk of Cold Gas and Dust Fuels Possible Black Hole at the Core... Nucleus of Galaxy Centaurus A Ring Around a Suspected Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 4261 Interacting Spiral Galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 STIS Records a Black Hole's Signature HST ACS/WFC Image of NGC 3021 Distant Galaxies of Abell 2218 Viewed Through a Cosmic Lens Dust Disk Around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 4261 Dust Disk Around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052 Nearby Galaxy Centaurus A Hubble's Top Ten Gravitational Lenses Black Holes Unexpectedly Discovered in Globular Clusters M15 and G1 Hubble and Chandra Composite of the Galaxy Cluster MACS J0025.4-1222 Cosmic Evolution Survey - Dark Matter Globular Cluster M31 G1 Globular Cluster M22 (inset shows entire cluster) Hubble Finds Dark Matter Ring in Galaxy Cluster Nucleus of Galaxy Centaurus A Inside Globular Cluster M22 Host Galaxies of Distant Supernovae Black Hole-Powered Jet of Electrons and Sub-Atomic Particles Streams... Composite Image of Galaxy Cluster MS 0735 Globular Cluster M15 "Polar Ring" Galaxy NGC 4650A: A Disk of Red Stars Ringed... Visible-Light and X-Ray Composite Image of Galaxy Cluster 1E 0657-556 Black Hole in Galaxy M87 Emits Jet of High-Speed Electrons Galaxy Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens" Magnifies Light of Distant... Galaxy Centaurus A Fireworks Near a Black Hole in the Core of Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4151 Gravitational Lens System SDSSJ0946+1006 (Zoom onto Double Einstein Ring)... Full Resolution Image Single HST ACS COSMOS Tile Searching for Dark Matter in a Galaxy Cluster A Fading Fireball From Gamma Ray Burst 990123 A Stretched Ring of Galactic Light from Quasar PG1115+080 in Infrared Dust Disk Fuels Black Hole in Giant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4261 Visible-Light and X-Ray Composite Image of Galaxy Cluster 1E 0657-556 Feasting Black Hole Blows Bubbles from Galaxy NGC 4438 The Gravitational Lens G2237 + 0305 Turbulent Cauldron of Starbirth in Galaxy Centaurus A, With Ground... Gravitational Lens Captures Image of Primeval Galaxy Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218's "Gravitational Lens" Dust Disk Surrounds a Massive Black Hole in Elliptical Galaxy NGC 7052 Galaxy Cluster MS1054-0321 Galaxies Magnified by Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens"... Spiral Gas Disk in Active Galaxy M87 NGC 3021 NICMOS/ACS Detail 2 Galaxies Magnified by Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens"... COSMOS Gravitational Lens 0211+1139 COSMOS Gravitational Lens 0038+4133 The Core of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) Split, Distorted Light from Quasar PG1115+080 in Infrared New Class of Cross-Shaped Gravitational Lenses for Probing Structure... Galaxies Magnified by Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens"... Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 Looking 'Underneath' Quasar HE0450-2958 COSMOS Gravitational Lens 0047+5023 Black Hole's Disk is Flooded With Ultraviolet Light COSMOS Gravitational Lens 0013+2249 Galaxies Magnified by Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens"... Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J163028.15+452036.2) "X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Galaxy NGC 4438 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5728: A Lighthouse Beacon From the Core... Markarian 817 Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J162746.44-005357.5) Gravity of Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218 Creates Giant "Lens" Compact Core of Galaxy M87 Galaxies Magnified by Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens"... Astronomers Use Image to Measure Star's Mass Looking 'Underneath' Quasar HE0450-2958 Gravitational Lens Detail in Abell 370 Abell 901a Looking 'Underneath' Quasar HE0450-2958 COSMOS Gravitational Lens 5921+0638 Host Galaxy of Gamma Ray Burst 971214 Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J120540.43+491029.3) Dark Matter Distribution in Supercluster Abell 901/902 COSMOS Gravitational Lens 0018+3845 NGC 3021 NICMOS/ACS Detail 3 Gravitational Lensing in Galaxy Cluster Abell 370 Abell 901b Galaxies Magnified by Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689's "Gravitational Lens"... Visible-Light Image of Galaxy Cluster MS 0735 NGC 3021 NICMOS/ACS Detail 1 Gravitational Lens in Galaxy Cluster AC 114 Details of the Hubble Abell 370 Image Massive Black Holes in Galaxies NGC 3377, NGC 3379 and NGC 4486b Close-up of Gamma Ray Burst 990123 Split, Distorted Light From Quasar PG1115+080 (left) and a Stretched... Compact Core of Galaxy M87 Quasar Without Host Galaxy Compared with Normal Quasar Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J095629.77+510006.6) Gamma Ray Burst GRB 970228 Appears To Originate Outside Our Galaxy The Lynx Arc: Stretched, Magnified Light From a Supercluster of Blue-White... NGC 3021 NICMOS/ACS Detail 4 Gravitational Lens Candidates Radio Galaxy 4C41.17 Galaxy Cluster MS1054-0321 Views of Galaxy Cluster MS1054-0321 From Ground and X-Ray Observatories... Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J125028.25+052349.0) SW Group Galaxy Cluster Magnifies Light of More-Distant Galaxy Fading Fireball From Gamma Ray Burst 990123 (Close-Up) Abell 902 Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J232120.93-093910.2) Color Images of Quasar 1208+101Split by Gravitational Lenses Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J073728.45+321618.5) Bright Knot of Light From Supernova in Galaxy Cluster MS1054-0321 Infrared Light - Hubble Gamma Ray Burst GRB 970228 Appears To Originate Outside Our Galaxy A Gallery of Einstein Rings Mysterious Fireball from a Cataclysmic Explosion Hubble Sees Double Einstein Ring Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens (SDSS J140228.21+632133.5) Fading Fireball From a Powerful Cosmic Explosion, Gamma Ray Burst 990123... Hubble Pinpoints Record-Breaking Explosion Gravitational Lens System SDSSJ0946+1006 (Double Einstein Ring)