Hubble Image of the Week – The Largest of Its Kind
Star clusters are commonly featured in cosmic photoshoots, and are also well-loved by the keen eye of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. These large gatherings…
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Hubble Telescope Views Spun-Up Asteroid Coming Apart
A small asteroid has been caught in the process of spinning so fast it’s throwing off material, according to new data from NASA’s Hubble Space…
Scientists Witness Storm Formation on Neptune for the First Time
In 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped past Neptune—its final planetary target before speeding to the outer limits of the solar system. It was the first…
Hubble Image of the Week – Wild Cosmic Ducks
This star-studded image shows us a portion of Messier 11, an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scutum (The Shield). Messier 11 is…
Hubble Image of Elliptical Galaxy With 200 Billion Stars
This fuzzy orb of light is a giant elliptical galaxy filled with an incredible 200 billion stars. Unlike spiral galaxies, which have a well-defined structure…
Hubble Image Of The Week – Nebulous, But No Nebula
This Hubble Picture of the Week shows Messier 28, a globular cluster in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), in jewel-bright detail. It is about…
Hubble & Gaia Reveal Weight of the Milky Way: 1.5 Trillion Solar Masses
In a striking example of multi-mission astronomy, measurements from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the ESA Gaia mission have been combined to improve the…
Hubble Image of the Week – Colliding Galaxies
Located in the constellation of Hercules, about 230 million light-years away, NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies. They were first discovered in 1784…
Hubble Image of the Week – The Two Mysterious Populations of NGC 2419
Globular clusters like NGC 2419, visible in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, are not only beautiful, but also fascinating. They are…
Hubble Uncovers Origin of Neptune’s Smallest Moon Hippocamp
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, along with older data from the Voyager 2 probe, have revealed more about the origin of Neptune’s smallest…
Hubble Spots Tiny Moon “That Shouldn’t Be There”
Astronomers call it “the moon that shouldn’t be there.” After several years of analysis, a team of planetary scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has…
Hubble Image of the Week – A Storm is Coming
Since Pluto’s demotion from fully-fledged planet to dwarf planet, Neptune holds the title of outermost planet in the Solar System. This new image of the…
Hubble Captures Herbig-Haro Objects of a Newborn Star
In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the smoking gun of a newborn star, the Herbig–Haro objects numbered 7 to 11 (HH…
Hubble Image of the Week – Adding to Uranus’s Legacy
One of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s many scientific objectives is to study the planets within the Solar System — and in past years, our…
Hubble Image of the Week – The Darkness Within?
This atmospheric image shows a galaxy named Messier 85, captured in all its delicate, hazy glory by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Messier 85 slants…
Hubble Image of the Day – Wading Through Water
This striking image combines data gathered with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, installed on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and data from the Subaru Telescope…
Spectacular Hubble Image Shows a Galaxy That Lost Its Spiral Arms
A new study led by Yale University astronomers tells the story of a galaxy that ran out of gas. It’s a story as old as…
Hubble Image of the Week – Peering Into The Past
This picture showcases a gravitational lensing system called SDSS J0928+2031. Quite a few images of this type of lensing have been featured as Pictures of…