Astronomy

Hubble sees ghostly light from ancient GalaxiesHubble sees ghostly light from ancient Galaxies

Hubble sees ghostly light from ancient Galaxies

(NASA) - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the faint, ghostly glow of stars ejected from ancient galaxies that…

11 years ago
Comet Siding Spring During Mars Flyby PictureComet Siding Spring During Mars Flyby Picture

Comet Siding Spring During Mars Flyby Picture

This composite Hubble Space Telescope image captures the positions of Comet Siding Spring and Mars in a never-before-seen close passage…

11 years ago
Watch Live: Comet C/2013 A meets planet Mars on Virtual TelescopeWatch Live: Comet C/2013 A meets planet Mars on Virtual Telescope

Watch Live: Comet C/2013 A meets planet Mars on Virtual Telescope

Watch Live Feed from the Virtual Telescope HERE! The Comet and the Planet: comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring meets planet…

11 years ago
NASA Finds Clear Skies and Water Vapor on Exoplanet HAT-P-11bNASA Finds Clear Skies and Water Vapor on Exoplanet HAT-P-11b

NASA Finds Clear Skies and Water Vapor on Exoplanet HAT-P-11b

Seeing Starlight Through a Planet's Rim A Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its…

11 years ago
New beautiful Spiral Galaxy image from Hubble, No this is not a PaintingNew beautiful Spiral Galaxy image from Hubble, No this is not a Painting

New beautiful Spiral Galaxy image from Hubble, No this is not a Painting

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope image shows the beautiful spiral galaxy PGC 54493. This galaxy is…

11 years ago

Perseids Meteor Shower August 12, 13 – At same time as SuperMoon!

On the evening of Aug. 12-13, the annual Perseid meteor shower will peak in the skies over Earth. Unfortunately the Supermoon…

11 years ago
Potential ‘Zombie Star’ found by Hubble in Supernova Star SystemPotential ‘Zombie Star’ found by Hubble in Supernova Star System

Potential ‘Zombie Star’ found by Hubble in Supernova Star System

(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope for the first time have spotted a star system that later produced…

11 years ago
Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early UniverseHubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe

Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe

(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have unexpectedly discovered the most distant cosmic magnifying glass, produced by a…

11 years ago
The Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World’s Size Kepler-93bThe Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World’s Size Kepler-93b

The Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World’s Size Kepler-93b

(NASA) - Thanks to NASA's Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescopes, scientists have made the most precise measurement ever of the radius…

11 years ago
Hubble finds three astonishingly dry exoplanetsHubble finds three astonishingly dry exoplanets

Hubble finds three astonishingly dry exoplanets

(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have gone looking for water vapor in the atmospheres of three planets…

11 years ago