Hubble
Hubble Survey of Gravitational Lenses Yields Measure of Dark Matter in Distant Galaxies
[/caption] An international team of astronomers have compiled the largest-ever single collection of "gravitational lens" galaxies, and their survey yielded…
“Baby Red Spot” May Have Met Demise on Jupiter
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter has been observed for over 150 years, and it doesn't appear this anti-cyclonic storm…
Baby Boomer Galaxy Found
This galaxy, Zw II 96 (about 500 million light-years away) resembles the Baby Boom galaxy which lies about 12.3 billion…
Hubble Does Independence Day With Stars and Stripe
Back in 1006 A.D, observers from Africa to Europe to the Far East witnessed and recorded the arrival of light…
Hubble Zooms In On Coma Galaxy Cluster
The Coma Cluster is one of the densest known clusters of galaxies, containing thousands of elliptical and spherical star systems.…
Double Your Science: Starburst Galaxies Found with Active Quasars
Astronomers now know that essentially every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center. When the black hole is…
Podcast: The Hubble Space Telescope
Our understanding of the cosmos has been revolutionized by the Hubble Space Telescope. The breathtaking familiar photos, like the Pillars…
Scientist Says Texting is More Expensive Than Downloading From Hubble
Does your cell phone bill ever reach astronomical proportions? Maybe you're doing too much texting. One space scientist has worked…
Hubble Image of the Colliding Antennae Galaxies (with Video)
It's time for another beautiful image from the Hubble Space Telescope. And this time, there's an added bonus... video. The…
Hubble Surprise: Heavyweight Baby Galaxies
Astronomers looking at galaxies in the universe’s distant past were surprised to find some compact, very young galaxies that have…