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Hubble Finds ‘Clear Signal’ of Water in 5 Exoplanet Atmospheres
For the first time, astronomers have found conclusive evidence of water in the hazy atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars.…
‘Freakish’ Asteroid Has Six Tails, Sheds Stuff Into Space
A lawn sprinkler in space. That's one of the descriptions NASA has for the curious P/2013 P5, which is spewing not…
Closest Star To Our Sun Beckons In New Hubble Image
Remember that planet discovered near Alpha Centauri almost exactly a year ago? As you may remember, it's the closest system to…
ALMA Warms Up the View of the Coldest Place In the Universe
Where is the coldest place in the Universe? Right now, astronomers consider the “Boomerang Nebula” to have the honors. Located…
Hubble’s Latest View Shows Comet ISON Still Intact, Fairly Average
We’ve been showing images of Comet ISON from amateur astronomers around the world, but now that NASA is back from…
Here’s A Nine-Billion-Year Old Gravitational Lens In Space
Here's a picture of what deflected light looks like from 9.4 billion years away. This is the most faraway "gravitational…
New Data: Will Comet ISON Survive its Close Perihelion Passage?
It’s the question on every astronomer’s mind this season, both backyard and professional: will Comet C/2012 S1 ISON survive perihelion?…
A Tale of a Lost Moon: Hubble Spies Neptune’s Moons and Its Rings
"That's no moon..." -B. Kenobi But in this case, it is... a lost moon of Neptune not seen since its…
Hubble and NTT Capture Strange Alignment of Planetary Nebulae
While taking a look at more than a hundred planetary nebulae in our galaxy’s central bulge, astronomers using the NASA/ESA…
Hubble Looks Back In Time To See Shape Of Galaxies 11 Billion Years Ago
What we’re gonna’ do here is go back. Way back into time. Back to when the only thing that existed…