Hubble Catches a Warped Spiral Galaxy in Profile
ESO 510-13: Warped Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), C. Conselice (U. Wisconsin/STScI) et al., NASA The Hubble Heritage Team captured the warped structure of spiral galaxy ESO 510-13 so beautifully...
View ArticleHubble Snaps a Star Factory at the Center of the Tarantula Nebula
30 Doradus, in the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula NASA, ESA, D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, S. E. de Mink, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), N. Bastian (Excellence...
View ArticleHubble Peers Into the Constellation Andromeda to Capture a Spiral Galaxy in...
Hubble Captures NGC 891 in Profile ESA/Hubble & NASA Today in pretty space pics: Hubble snaps the northern half of spiral galaxy NGC 981 in profile. The central galactic bulge is just out of frame...
View ArticleNASA Adopts Two Spare Spy Telescopes, Each Maybe More Powerful Than Hubble
Hubble In Orbit The spruced-up telescope seen just after its final servicing mission in May 2009. NASA just got twin Hubble-quality telescopes free from a spy agency. NASA It almost sounds too good to...
View ArticleA Star System 12.9 Billion Light Years Away is the New Most Distant Galaxy
Galaxy SXDF-NB1006-2 Likely among the first in existence. NAOJ The telescopes get bigger and more sophisticated, the light we can see comes in from deeper in the cosmos, and the most-distant visible...
View ArticleAstronomers Spot Ancient Spiral Galaxy From an Era When Spirals Should Not Exist
Earliest Spiral Galaxy An artist's rendering shows galaxy BX442 and its companion dwarf galaxy, upper left. Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics/Joe Bergeron Astronomers using the Hubble...
View ArticleFrom Hubble, The Deepest-Ever View Of The Universe
eXtreme Deep Field View Of Space NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), and the HUDF09 Team Take a deep breath,...
View ArticleHubble Captures Earliest Views Yet Of The Universe
Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012 This new image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012 campaign reveals a previously unseen population of seven faraway galaxies, which are observed as they appeared in a...
View ArticleHow A Tool For Perfect Human Vision Grew From One Of NASA's Greatest Blunders
Mirror Testing The flight mirrors for the James Webb Space Telescope undergo cryogenic testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Ball Aerospace Tech Transfers Popular ScienceSince the day the...
View ArticleBig Pic: Hubble Space Telescope Captures The Ring Nebula In Astonishing Detail
The Ring Nebula New images of the Ring Nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope are redefining the way astronomers understand its shape. NASA, ESA, C.R. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University),...
View ArticleHubble Catches The Comet ISON Hurtling Toward The Sun
Comet ISON Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Fourth of July is the perfect time to watch fiery masses streak across the sky. This speedy guy, the comet ISON, looks...
View ArticleTrue Color Of An Exoplanet Discovered For The First Time
Illustration of HD 189733b NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser Looks a bit like Earth, doesn't it? You wouldn't find this planet very comfortable, however. Called HD 189773b, it's 1,000 degrees Celsius on its...
View ArticleNeptune Has A New Moon. What Will We Call It?
New Moon For Neptune NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI) Earlier today, NASA announced the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a brand new moon in the solar system, a dim satellite only 12 miles across,...
View ArticleFarthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe
A Galaxy Far, Far Away This Hubble Space Telescope image shows numerous galaxies, with z8_GND_5296 boxed in red. V. Tilvi (Texas A&M), S. Finkelstein (UT Austin), the CANDELS team, and HST/NASA...
View ArticleAsteroid With Six Tails Leaves Astronomers Dumbfounded
Asteroid P/2013 P5 NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA) Weird things are afoot in the asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. A newly identified asteroid called P/2013 P5 is posing...
View ArticleNeptune Has A New Moon. What Will We Call It?
Earlier today, NASA announced the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a brand new moon in the solar system, a dim satellite only 12 miles across, orbiting Neptune. As with any newborn, it needs a...
View ArticleThe Sharpest Photos Of Space Ever
A team of astronomers from the University of Arizona, Italy's Arceti Obervatory, and the Carnegie Observatory has developed a new camera system that can record images in…
View ArticleWhat Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?
The sky was hazy and overcast above Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the morning of July 8, 2011. A light breeze from offshore cooled off an estimated 750,000 onlookers braving…
View ArticleFarthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe
The farther away something is in space, the longer its light takes to reach Earth and Earth-orbiting space telescopes… which means super-far galaxies show Earthly scientists what they were doing...
View ArticleAsteroid With Six Tails Leaves Astronomers Dumbfounded
Weird things are afoot in the asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. A newly identified asteroid called P/2013 P5 is posing as a comet, with not one but six dust tails trailing...
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