Hubble
Echos of Light
The strange variable star V838 Monocerotis flared up nearly 5 years ago, and astronomers have been trying to figure out…
Nearly a Thousand Years After the Death of a Star
In 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers recorded the temporary brightening of a star in the constellation Taurus. Nearly 1000 years later,…
Globular Clusters Sort their Stars
Globular clusters are regions of space where stars are densely packed together - 10,000 times more dense than our local…
Colliding Spiral Galaxies Captured by Hubble
This Hubble photograph shows two spiral galaxies colliding together. Known as the Antenna Galaxies, aka NGC 4038-4039, these two galaxies…
Hubbles Sees Galaxies Under Construction
The latest image released from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a beautiful view of a large galaxy being assembled from…
Hubble Examines the Closest Known Extrasolar Planet
The Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze towards a relatively nearby Jupiter-sized world recently. The planet orbits the Sun-like star…
Hubble Finds Distant Extrasolar Planets
The Hubble Space Telescope has identified 16 stars that could have extrasolar planets. The discoveries were made as part of…
Hubble Sees the First Bright Galaxies
A new view from the Hubble Space Telescope shows some of the first bright galaxies to emerge in the Universe,…
Giant Planet or Failed Star?
The Hubble Space Telescope has helped astronomers uncover an object right at the dividing line between stars and planets. The…
Hubble Sees a Rare Transit on Uranus
The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a very rare event: the transit of its moon Ariel across the surface of…