Hubble
Can You Find a Hubble Hidden Treasure?
[/caption] Just look at the kind of stunning images that are buried in the archives from the Hubble Space Telescope!…
A Sword of Stars
[/caption] Like the blade of a magical weapon from a fantasy tale, the northern edge of spiral galaxy NGC 891…
How the Hubble Telescope Will Look at the Moon to See Venus Transit the Sun
[/caption] Venus moving across the face of the Sun, from our vantage point here on Earth, is such a rare…
Will This Be The Fate Of The Earth?
[/caption] Astronomers have found four nearby white dwarf stars surrounded by disks of material that could be the remains of…
The Best of Hubble: 22 Years of Amazing Images
Loading player... 22 years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit. After overcoming initial problems, Hubble has gone…
Special New Panorama Celebrates Hubble’s 22nd Anniversary
[/caption] Happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope! On April 24, 1990, HST was launched into low Earth orbit. Now,…
Hubble Reveals Curious Auroras on Uranus
[/caption] Astronomers have finally succeeded in capturing the first Earth-based images of the curious and fleeting auroras of Uranus using…
A Galaxy’s Bulge Divulges Its Spin
[/caption] Although somewhat blobby and deformed, this is in fact a spiral galaxy, located in the southern constellation Hydra. Imaged…
Kepler Mission Extended to 2016
[/caption] With NASA’s tight budget, there were concerns that some of the agency’s most successful astrophysics missions might not be…
The Care And Feeding Of Teenage Galaxies… And By The Way, They Need Gas
[/caption] Got a teenager? Then you know the story. Go to look for your favorite bag of chips and they're…