At Last! NASA Hubble Space Telescope Returned to Full Science Operations
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope team recovered the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on Monday, December 6, and is now operating with all four active instruments collecting…
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Four Filter Fusion: Hubble Captures a Stunning Stellar Whirlpool
This stellar whirlpool is a spiral galaxy named NCG 7329, which has been imaged by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Creating a colorful image…
Hubble Space Telescope’s View of Planetary Nebula Reveals Complex Structure
NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. This Hubble image reveals a wealth of structure, including a spherical…
Tour Stunning Hubble Images of Incredible Nebulae in This New NASA Video
Over the years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken hundreds of images of different kinds of incredible nebulae in our universe. A nebula is a…
Hubble Space Telescope Team Recovers the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Instrument
The Hubble Space Telescope team recovered the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph instrument on Sunday, November 28, moving the telescope further toward full science operations. Three of…
One of a Pair: Hubble Space Telescope Peers Into a Beautiful Spiral Galaxy
In this image the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope peers into the spiral galaxy NGC 1317 in the constellation Fornax, more than 50 million light-years from…
Hubble Space Telescope Finds Flame Nebula’s Searing Stars May Halt Planet Formation
The Flame Nebula or NGC 2024 is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. Hubble studied this…
Hubble Witnesses Bright Shock Wave of Colliding Gases in Running Man Nebula
Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45. Herbig-Haro objects are a rarely…
Hubble Spots a Pulsing Stellar Jet in Running Man Nebula That Stretches Over 11 Trillion Miles Through Space
A jet from a newly formed star flares into the shining depths of reflection nebula NGC 1977 in this Hubble image. The jet (the orange…
Hubble Captures a Massive Celestial Prawn Drifting Through the Cosmic Deep
The Prawn Nebula is a massive stellar nursery located in the constellation Scorpius, about 6,000 light years from Earth. Though the nebula stretches 250 light-years…
NASA Another Step Closer to Restoring Full Hubble Space Telescope Operations
NASA continues bringing the Hubble Space Telescope back to normal science operations, most recently recovering the Wide Field Camera 3 instrument Sunday, November 21. This…
Attack of the Galactic Clones
This star- and galaxy-studded image was captured by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), using data that were collected for scientific purposes. The object of…
Hubble Space Telescope Spies Newly Forming Star Incubating in Reflection Nebula
Stars are born from clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction. As the cloud collapses, a dense, hot core forms…
Hubble’s Stunning Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System
Stunning Yearly Observations Reveal Changes to Gas Giants’ Atmospheres In Greek mythology, a race of giants, called the Titans, first ruled the world. The ancient…
Nebula Churns Out Massive B-Type Stars in New Hubble Image
Stars are born from turbulent clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction. As the cloud collapses, a dense, hot core…
NASA’s Next Steps to Return Hubble Space Telescope to Normal Operation
The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys has continued collecting science data as NASA works to address the anomaly that started October 25. Missed…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Majestic Spiral Galaxy 230 Million Light-Years Away
This astronomical portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases an edge-on view of the majestic spiral galaxy UGC 11537. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3…
Death of a Sun-Like Star: Hubble Images Colorful Planetary Nebula
NGC 2438 is a planetary nebula, formed after the death of a Sun-like star. The medium-sized star would have expelled its outer layers of gas…
