News Release Archive: Galaxy > Quasar/Active Nucleus

1994 (continued)

• 4/26/1994 STScI-1994-16 41. Hubble Resolves Quasars' Host Galaxies This Hubble telescope image [right] reveals a faint galaxy, the home of a quasar. The wealth of new detail in this picture helps solve a three-decade-old mystery... (More)
• 1/13/1994 STScI-1994-07 42. HST Reveals the Central Region of an Active Galaxy The refurbished HST has provided this outstanding image of the nuclear region of the galaxy NGC 1068. NGC 1068 is located at a distance of approximately... (More)

1993

• 9/9/1993 STScI-1993-30 43. HST Snaps Optical Jet of Quasar 3c 273 The Green (V band) image (left) shows the field around the quasar 3c 273 (courtesy Matthew Colless, David Schade and the CFHT). The optical jet can be seen SW of the quasar. (More)
• 7/16/1993 STScI-1993-19 44. Hubble Observations Support Black Hole Explanation For Active Galaxies A team of astronomers reports that recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the nearest Seyfert galaxy, NGC 4395, further support... (More)
• 6/9/1993 STScI-1993-15 45. A Lighthouse Beacon From the Core of an Active Galaxy A NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view of the core of the barred spiral Seyfert galaxy NGC 5728 reveals a spectacular bi-conical... (More)
• 1/7/1993 STScI-1993-03 46. Hubble Space Telescope Discovers a Double Nucleus in the Core of an Active Galaxy Astronomers announced today the discovery of a double nucleus in the active galaxy Markarian 315. The discovery... (More)

1992

• 11/19/1992 STScI-1992-27 47. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Discovers a Disk Fueling a Possible Black Hole Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have gotten their best look yet at the disk of material that surrounds... (More)
• 11/13/1992 STScI-1992-26 48. NASA's Hubble Telescope Observes Most Distant Galaxy Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope an international team of astronomers Is uncovering intriguing new details about the most distant galaxy known, located... (More)
• 6/2/1992 STScI-1992-16 49. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Uncovers a Starburst Galaxy NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has revealed a new class of object in the universe -- a grouping of gigantic star clusters produced by the collision of galaxies. (More)
• 5/7/1992 STScI-1992-14 50. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Discovers a High Energy Jet in Galaxy NGC 3862 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an unusual and fascinating new optical jet in the nucleus of the elliptical galaxy NOC 3862. (More)