Hubble
Hubble: Helium Reionization Was a Hot Time in the Ol’ Universe
[/caption] Using Hubble’s newest tool, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS), researchers have nailed down and enhanced our understanding of the…
Hubble’s Amazing 3-D Look Inside the Dusty Carina Nebula
[/caption] What can we say? Another Hubble stunner, and just wait until you see flythough video below. This is an…
Astronomers Find 14 New Trans-Neptunian Objects Hiding in Hubble Data
[/caption] Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lurk millions of icy bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects. We haven’t found and seen…
Hubble Spies an Amazing Cosmic Spiral
[/caption] The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys has captured a remarkable image of a spiral in space. No,…
Supernova Spews Its Guts Across Space
The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new look at Supernova 1987A and its famous "String of Pearls,"…
Astronomers Now Closer to Understanding Dark Energy
Understanding something we can’t see has been a problem that astronomers have overcome in the past. Now, a group of…
Giant Ultraviolet Rings Found Around Ancient Galaxies
[/caption] Title this 'Zombie Galaxies' or 'Night of the Living Galaxies.' Astronomers have found mysterious, giant loops of ultraviolet light…
Breathtaking Galaxy Amid the Dense Coma Cluster
[/caption] The Coma Cluster is a huge, densely populated cluster, with thousands of galaxies closely bunched together. Amid the bedlam…
Space Telescopes Team Up to Capture Spectacular Galactic Collision
[/caption] From JPL: A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies,…
Hubble Confirms Comet-like Tail on Vaporizing Planet
Next time you hear someone complaining that it's too hot outside, you can make them feel better by pointing out…