Pluto-philes (and astronomers, too) have always bemoaned the fact that the best image of the principal dwarf planet wase just…
[/caption] Galaxies come in all sorts of shapes. But in the past, the various galaxy shapes used to be more…
[/caption] We reported earlier that on January 6, 2010, ground-based observatories may have spotted evidence of an asteroid collision in…
The trailer gives me chills, so I can only imagine what the actual movie is going to be like! In…
[/caption] Most galaxies are throughout the universe are happenin' places, with all sorts of raucous star formation going on. But…
Self proclaimed "Hubble Hugger" and telescope repairman Dr. John Grunsfeld has been appointed Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science…
Messier 30, from HST's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Credit: NASA, ESA and Francesco Ferraro (University of Bologna Blue stragglers are…
Artists impression of a small KBO detected by Hubble as it transited a star. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon…
A brand new Hubble image from Wide Field Camera 3 shows the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery…
Looking deep inside the Orion Nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning collection of protoplanetary disks – or…