Hubble Space Telescope
Dawn Spirals Down Closer to Vesta’s South Pole Impact Basin
[/caption] NASA's Dawn Asteroid Orbiter is now spiraling down ever closer to the protoplanet Vesta - since arriving on July…
Dawn Closing in on Asteroid Vesta as Views Exceed Hubble
[/caption] A new world in our Solar System is about to be unveiled for the first time – the mysterious…
Hubble Takes a Spectacular Look Inside the Eagle Nebula
[/caption] There are some stellar powerhouses inside the Eagle Nebula, and Hubble has captured a collection of these hot, blue…
‘Ring’ in the Holidays with New Hubble Bubble Image
[/caption] From a Hubble/ESA press release: A festive, delicate ring --photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope -- appears to float…
Hubble Predicts the Future of Omega Centauri
[/caption] Using four years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, astronomers have made the most…
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…
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 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…