Hubble
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…
Saturn Aurora Sparkles In New Hubble Images
It's amazing to see what some flashes of light can tell us. New images the Hubble Space Telescope took of…
Celebrate Hubble’s 24th Birthday by Flying Through the Pillars and Peaks of the Monkey Head Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched 24 years ago last week, and this newly released video is a birthday present…
New Hubble View Shows Objects a Billion Times Fainter Than Your Eyes Can See
While this image isn’t as deep as the Hubble Deep Field, this 14-hour exposure by the Hubble Space Telescope shows…
El Gordo Galaxy Cluster Even Bigger Than Thought
The Hubble Space Telescope has a new calculation for the huge El Gordo galaxy cluster: 3 million billion times…
Stunning 3D Tours of Two Well-Known Nebulae
Two videos recently released by the Hubble team take us on a tour of two famous and intriguing cosmic objects:…
Mars-Bound Comet Siding Spring Sprouts Multiple Jets
Comet Siding Spring, on its way to a close brush with Mars on October 19, has been kicking up a…
Hubble Captures Starbirth In A Monkey’s Head As Telescope Approaches 24 Years In Space
Billowing gas clouds and young stars feature in this February Hubble Space Telescope image, released as the telescope approaches its…
Hubble Telescope Watches Asteroid Disintegrate in Space
Back in 2010, astronomers discovered an asteroid that was breaking apart due to a head-on collision with another asteroid. But…