Hubble
The Great Galactic Turn-Off
Are you ready for a new galactic puzzle? Then let's start with some clues. It has been long assumed that…
Stars, Galaxies, and Comet ISON Grace a New Image from Hubble
This image of the steadily-approaching Comet ISON, made from observations with the Hubble Space Telescope on April 30, show not…
Researcher Finds a New Moon Around Neptune in Hubble Data
It took sharp and patient eyes, but researcher Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute has found a tiny moon orbiting…
Hubble Confirms Exoplanet Has a Blue Atmosphere
Since its discovery in 2005, exoplanet HD 189733b has been one of the most-observed planets orbiting another star, as its…
Comet ISON: The Timelapse Hubble Movie
The Hubble Space Telescope team has released a video of Comet ISON as it is tearing toward its encounter with…
Should This Alien World Even Exist? This Young Disk Could Challenge Planet-Formation Theories
Take a close look at the blurry image above. See that gap in the cloud? That could be a planet…
New IMAX Super Short: Galaxies Across Space and Time
"Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time" is an award-winning IMAX Super Short film. In less than 3 minutes you can…
The Ring Nebula is Really a Football-Shaped Jelly Donut
Sometimes the popular names given to an astronomical object hit the mark of describing its features. Other times…. not so…
Hubble Observes Planet-“Polluted” Dead Stars In Hyades
For those of us who practice amateur astronomy, we're very familiar with the 150 light-year distant Hyades star cluster -…
The Rosy Remains of a Star’s Final Days
Stars like our Sun can last for a very long time (in human terms, anyway!) somewhere in the neighborhood of…