Hubble
Better Late Than Never: Dwarf Galaxies Finally Come Together
[/caption] Have you heard of 'living fossils'? The coelacanth, the ginko tree, the platypus, and several others are species alive…
Hubble Captures Double Aurorae Light Show on Saturn
In January and March 2009, researchers using Hubble took advantage of a rare opportunity to record Saturn when its rings…
New Hubble Images Show Pluto is Changing
Pluto-philes (and astronomers, too) have always bemoaned the fact that the best image of the principal dwarf planet wase just…
Double Hubble Sequence Shows Galaxies Go Spiral
[/caption] Galaxies come in all sorts of shapes. But in the past, the various galaxy shapes used to be more…
Hubble Takes A Look at Possible Asteroid Collision
[/caption] We reported earlier that on January 6, 2010, ground-based observatories may have spotted evidence of an asteroid collision in…
Hubble IMAX 3-D Trailer
The trailer gives me chills, so I can only imagine what the actual movie is going to be like! In…
Latest from Hubble: Star Formation Fizzling Out in Nearby Galaxy
[/caption] Most galaxies are throughout the universe are happenin' places, with all sorts of raucous star formation going on. But…
Hubble Repairman to Lead Space Telescope Science Institute
Self proclaimed "Hubble Hugger" and telescope repairman Dr. John Grunsfeld has been appointed Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science…
Blue Stragglers Can Be Either Vampires or Stellar Bad-Boys
Messier 30, from HST's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Credit: NASA, ESA and Francesco Ferraro (University of Bologna Blue stragglers are…
Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen
Artists impression of a small KBO detected by Hubble as it transited a star. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon…