Clash of the Titans: Hubble Spots a Cataclysmic Cosmic Collision
A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this Hubble Picture of the Week. The image features the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies…
A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this Hubble Picture of the Week. The image features the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies…
NASA continues to work on resolving an issue with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope. The operations team will be running tests and…
Precise Distance to Galaxy Bolsters Missing Dark Matter Claim What if oceanographers found the “tip” of an iceberg and nothing else? Mysteriously missing was the…
NASA is working to resolve an issue with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope. The computer halted on Sunday, June 13, shortly after…
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3254, observed using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). WFC3 has the capacity to observe ultraviolet, visible, and…
This image, taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), features the spiral galaxy NGC 4680. At 2 o’clock and 7 o’clock, two other galaxies…
The magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 2276 looks a bit lopsided in this Hubble Space Telescope snapshot. A bright hub of older yellowish stars normally lies…
This image features the spiral galaxy NGC 691, imaged in fantastic detail by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). This galaxy is the eponymous member of…
This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the trailing arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away in the…
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, which is found in the constellation of Virgo and was first documented by William Herschel in 1785….
Hubble Tracks Down Fast Radio Bursts to Galaxies’ Spiral Arms They come from anywhere in the sky: mysterious flashes of radio energy that disappear in…
This packed ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week showcases the galaxy cluster ACO S 295, as well as a jostling crowd of background galaxies and foreground…
How hospitable are red dwarf stars, the most common and long-lasting stars in our Galaxy? Researchers used Chandra and Hubble data to look at the…
This Picture of the Week showcases the emission nebula NGC 2313. The bright star V565 — surrounded by four prominent diffraction spikes — illuminates a…
This detailed image features Abell 3827, a galaxy cluster that offers a wealth of exciting possibilities for study. It was observed by Hubble in order…
Exoplanet PDS 70b is gobbling up gas and dust as it continues to build mass. Ever made a complete mess in your kitchen while baking?…
The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas — a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions. Fittingly…
Petulant Star Ejects Spectacular Bubble of Glowing Gases The mighty blue giant AG Carinae is not your normal star. One of the brightest stars in…