Gazing across 300 million light-years into a monstrous city of galaxies, astronomers have used NASA’s…
Browsing: Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most iconic astronomical observatories ever built, launched into Earth’s orbit in 1990 as a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency. Orbiting above the distortion of Earth’s atmosphere, Hubble captures breathtakingly detailed images of galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, and distant planets, transforming our understanding of the cosmos. Its observations have revealed the accelerating expansion of the universe, measured the age of the cosmos, and provided deep-field views of galaxies billions of light-years away. Continuously upgraded through space shuttle missions, the Hubble Space Telescope remains a cornerstone of modern astrophysics and a symbol of humanity’s quest to explore the universe.
This dark, tangled web is an object named SNR 0454-67.2. It formed in a very…
Star clusters are common structures throughout the Universe, each made up of hundreds of thousands…
At first glance, a bright blue crescent immediately jumps out of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
This captivating image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 shows a…
Shadows on Earth can be mysterious and foreboding, but when they occur in space, they…
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope doesn’t usually get much assistance from its celestial subjects —…
Powerful gushers of energy from seething stars can sculpt eerie-looking figures with long, flowing veils…
This Picture of the Week shows the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 5033, located about 40…
This glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies toward the…
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), shows…
NASA is working to resume science operations of the Hubble Space Telescope after the spacecraft…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a spiral galaxy named Messier 95…
Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could…
This glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies towards the…
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image contains a veritable mix of different galaxies, some of…
An unusual infrared light emission from a nearby neutron star detected by NASA’s Hubble Space…
In the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair) lies the impressive Coma Cluster — a…