Hubble
Space Telescopes Observe Unprecedented Explosion
[/caption] From a NASA press release: NASA's Swift, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study…
Cosmology 101: The End
[/caption] Welcome back to the third, and last, installment of Cosmology 101. So far, we've covered the history of the…
Hubble Rules Out One Alternative to Dark Energy
[/caption] From a NASA press release: Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have ruled out an alternate theory on the…
New Look at Messier 82 Reveals Superwind Source, Young Star Clusters
[/caption] Messier 82's galactic windstorms emanate from many young star clusters, rather than any single source, say astronomers who released…
Hubble Captures the “V”
[/caption] Looking oddly reminiscent of the “V” depicted in the logo for the sci-fi television series “V,” this has to…
Long Ago and Far, Far Away… Hubble Discovers Most Distant Galaxy Yet!
[/caption]No Princess is sending holographic help messages. No Hans Solo is warming up a Millenium Falcon to jump into hyperdrive.…
Tiny Stars with a Big Flares
[/caption] For a long time, astronomers have known that stars often have troubled childhoods. They suffer from frequent and violent…