The SPHEREx mission will image 1 billion galaxies, 100 million stars, and 10,000 asteroids – and help to answer some of the biggest scientific mysteries.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy UGC 2890. The "galaxy lies around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis," according to the Hubble team.
An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.
The $488 million observatory is set to launch at the end of this month on a two-year mission to map the entire celestial sky.