Hubble
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…
Hubble Spots Mysterious Dark Matter ‘Core’
[/caption]Astronomers are left scratching their heads over a new observation of a "clump" of dark matter apparently left behind after…
More Details from Hubble Reveal Strange Exoplanet is a Steamy Waterworld
[/caption] Would Kevin Costner’s character in the movie “Waterworld” be at home on this exoplanet? The planet GJ 1214b was…
Light Echoes: The Re-Run Of The Eta Carinae “Great Eruption”
[/caption] In this modern age, we're used to catching a favorite program at a later time. We use our DVR…
Young Star Cluster In Disintegrated Galaxy Reveals First-Ever Intermediate Mass Black Hole
[/caption] Score another first for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope! Along with observations taken with the Swift X-ray telescope, a team…
Hubble Captures a Classic Barred Spiral Galaxy
[/caption] Is this what we look like? Astronomers don't know for sure exactly what the Milky Way looks like, but…
Hubble Captures Giant Lensed Galaxy Arc
[/caption] Less than a year ago, the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 captured an amazing image - a…
New Research Suggests Fomalhaut b May Not Be a Planet After All
[/caption] When the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the apparent exoplanet Fomalhaut b in 2008, it was regarded as the first…
Why Does Sirius Twinkle?
[/caption] At this time of year, after dark we in the northern hemisphere are able to see the mighty constellation…