Astronomy

Hubble Sees Strange Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient GalaxiesHubble Sees Strange Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient Galaxies

Hubble Sees Strange Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient Galaxies

(NASA) - Astronomers routinely use the crisp view of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study all kinds of intricate details…

11 years ago
Hubble Proceeding with Full Search for New Horizons TargetsHubble Proceeding with Full Search for New Horizons Targets

Hubble Proceeding with Full Search for New Horizons Targets

(NASA) - The Hubble Space Telescope has been given the go-ahead to conduct an intensive search for a suitable outer…

11 years ago
Hubble Team Unveils Most Colorful View of Universe Captured by Space TelescopeHubble Team Unveils Most Colorful View of Universe Captured by Space Telescope

Hubble Team Unveils Most Colorful View of Universe Captured by Space Telescope

(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a comprehensive picture of the evolving universe — among the…

11 years ago
Camelopardalids Meteor shower could produce 1000 per hour! TODAYCamelopardalids Meteor shower could produce 1000 per hour! TODAY

Camelopardalids Meteor shower could produce 1000 per hour! TODAY

(NASA) Step outside and take a look at the skies on the evening of May 23 into the early morning…

11 years ago
Jupiter’s Giant Red Spot Shrinking, Could DisappearJupiter’s Giant Red Spot Shrinking, Could Disappear

Jupiter’s Giant Red Spot Shrinking, Could Disappear

(NASA) If you have not taken the time to look through a telescope at the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter…

11 years ago
Hubble finds Stars with disks of planetary debrisHubble finds Stars with disks of planetary debris

Hubble finds Stars with disks of planetary debris

(NASA) - With the Hubble Space Telescope, if astronomers missed seeing something once in their data, they haven't missed it…

11 years ago
Hubble Stretches Stellar Tape Measure 10 Times Farther into SpaceHubble Stretches Stellar Tape Measure 10 Times Farther into Space

Hubble Stretches Stellar Tape Measure 10 Times Farther into Space

APRIL 10, 2014: Astronomers continue refining the precision of distance measurement techniques to better understand the dimensions of the universe. Calculating…

11 years ago
El Gordo Galaxy Cluster 3 million billion times the mass of our SunEl Gordo Galaxy Cluster 3 million billion times the mass of our Sun

El Gordo Galaxy Cluster 3 million billion times the mass of our Sun

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has weighed the largest known galaxy cluster in the distant universe and found that it definitely…

11 years ago
Million Year Orbit Comet Heading Towards the SunMillion Year Orbit Comet Heading Towards the Sun

Million Year Orbit Comet Heading Towards the Sun

Comet Siding Spring is plunging toward the Sun along a roughly 1-million-year orbit. The comet, discovered in 2013, was within…

11 years ago
Wow! Hubble is 24 and celebrates with stunning starbirth imageWow! Hubble is 24 and celebrates with stunning starbirth image

Wow! Hubble is 24 and celebrates with stunning starbirth image

It is hard to believe, Hubble is 24 years old. Launched on April 24, 1990 astronomers have taken an infrared-light…

11 years ago