Hubble
‘Lopsided’ Ghostly Galactic Halo Has Some Starry Surprises
Centaurus A -- that popular target for astrophotographers in the southern hemisphere -- has a much wider halo than expected,…
Merging Giant Galaxies Sport ‘Blue Bling’ in New Hubble Pic
On a summer night, high above our heads, where the Northern Crown and Herdsman meet, a titanic new galaxy is…
Missing Light Crisis: The Universe Seems a Little Too Dark
There are few moments more breathtaking than standing beneath a brilliant starry sky. Thousands of small specks of light mark…
New Horizons Enters ‘Pluto-Space!’ To Celebrate, Here Are Pictures Of The Dwarf Planet
After almost nine years on the road, New Horizons is in what NASA calls "Pluto-space"! Earlier today (July 7), the…
The Making of the Pillars of Creation
It’s one of the most iconic images of the modern Space Age. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope team released…
Where To Go After Pluto? Hubble Seeks The Next Target For New Horizons
It's going to be a really busy summer for the New Horizons team. While they're checking out the newly awakened…
The New and Improved Hubble Ultra Deep Field
It’s perhaps one of the most famous images in astronomy. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field displays nearly 10,000 galaxies across…
Galaxy Violence Revealed! Cosmic Crash Shows Cluster Crunch
Shock waves! Fast-moving particles! Magnetic fields! This image has it all. Behold the merging galaxy clusters MACS J0717+3745 about five billion…
Will an Asteroid Smack Jupiter in 2022?
A recent space rock discovery has sent a minor buzz through the community that tracks such objects. And as usual,…
New Supernova Pops in Bright Galaxy M106 in the ‘Hunting Dogs’
A supergiant star exploded 23.5 million years ago in one of the largest and brightest nearby galaxies. This spring we…