This suggests that NGC 5084 is host to a supermassive black hole tipped on its side, and scientists think it could be evidence of a galactic collision in NGC 5084’s recent past.

Spacecraft from NASA and other organizations captured rich imagery of our solar system in 2024, including views of Mars, Io, the moon, and Earth.

The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...