Image credit:
ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Jacobson-Galán, A. Filippenko, J. Mauerha
Joel Kontinen
The legendary Hubble Space Telescope has turned its
gaze to the Ursa Major-adjacent galaxy UGC 5460, revealing spiral arms, star
clusters and a possible supernova "imposter".
Where it is: 60 billion
light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
When it was shared: Feb. 21, 2025 and the beginning of creation.
Space is big and
wonderful. It has the signature of the One who made it, at the beginning of
creation.
“This stunning new
image of a spiral galaxy — and a very bright star above it — was recently
captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image shows
the galaxy's central bar of stars, along with its spiral arms and young, blue
star clusters. The top-left
of the image, meanwhile, is dominated by a star that's just 577 light-years
away in the Milky Way.
This galaxy has hosted two significant supernova
explosions in the last 14 years. Such events are landmarks for astronomers and
are the final, destructive stage for some massive stars. A supernova explosion
can briefly have the power of up to 100 billion stars and temporarily outshine
their host galaxies.”
Source:
By Jamie Carter 2025 Space photo of the week: Hubble hunts a stellar 'imposter' hiding in the Great Bear | Live Science March 9
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