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Space agencies from many countries are continuously exploring the phenomena that occur out in space, and even deeper into space. Recently, the Hubble space telescope spotted what seemed like a flying saucer-like galaxy.
Daily Mail reports that NASA’s Hubble telescope photographed what is referred to as a “flying saucer” galaxy 85 million light-years away in space. Formally referred to as IC 2051, this galaxy is located within Mensa’s southern constellation, with spinning arms and a bar of stars in the middle. The cluster of stars, also known as a bulge, is thought to play a part in how the galaxy has evolved over time, and how it influenced the formation of supermassive black holes in the middle of most galaxies.
Regarding this, the space agency explained that this is still under further observation. However, there are studies that seem to imply that many, if not all, galactic bulges are actually complex composite structures instead of simple structures due to it being a combination of many unusually shaped components. These components, when put together to form these galaxies, can possibly bring to light more varieties of the bulge formations in the universe.
On the other side of things, the Hubble space telescope has also captured images that may hint at the inevitable fate of the solar system millions or billions of years from now. Express reports that the telescope previously captured a dying star the size of the Sun. This occurrence happened 10,000 light-years away from our solar system.
The dying planetary nebula, known as NGC 5307, is located within the constellation Centaurus the Centaur. This nebula was spotted as the host star turned into a red giant, emitting the gas that would form the nebula. According to the European Space Agency, the reason why destruction was prevented for now was because of the star’s mass and gravitational pull.
The ESA went on to say that planetary nebulas would give everyone a glimpse into the dark future that lies millions of years from now. One day, the sun will run out of fuel and expand into a red giant. Once in that phase, it can either shrink into a white dwarf, or explode, destroying its nearest planets like Mercury, Venus, and maybe even Earth and it seems like the latter is the most likely situation to happen.
