Hubble
Hubble’s View of Messier 68: Like Diamonds in the Sky
If you’ve ever looked at Messier 68 through a telescope, you know what a delightful view it is. But the…
Fifth Moon Found Around Pluto
This just in! Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a new moon around distant Pluto, bringing the…
The Last Outbursts of a Dying Star
As stars approach the inevitable ends of their lives they run out of stellar fuel and begin to lose a…
Fireworks Erupt From Newborn Star
Just in time for summer fireworks season, the Hubble science team has released an image of Herbig-Haro 110, a young…
Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Undergoes Dramatic Variations
Since its discovery in 2005, exoplanet HD 189733b has been one of the most-observed extra solar planets, due to its…
Hubble Captures ‘Fake’ Cosmic Collision
The image above looks like a classic example of a collision between two galaxies. However, Hubble scientists have determined, this…
A Sword of Stars
[/caption] Like the blade of a magical weapon from a fantasy tale, the northern edge of spiral galaxy NGC 891…
Will This Be The Fate Of The Earth?
[/caption] Astronomers have found four nearby white dwarf stars surrounded by disks of material that could be the remains of…
Hubble Reveals Curious Auroras on Uranus
[/caption] Astronomers have finally succeeded in capturing the first Earth-based images of the curious and fleeting auroras of Uranus using…
A Galaxy’s Bulge Divulges Its Spin
[/caption] Although somewhat blobby and deformed, this is in fact a spiral galaxy, located in the southern constellation Hydra. Imaged…