Hubble Uncovers the Blueprints of Our Galaxy’s Early Construction Phase
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct a “cosmic archaeological dig” at the very heart of our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have uncovered…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct a “cosmic archaeological dig” at the very heart of our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have uncovered…
This newly released Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy Mrk 820, which is located roughly 300 million light-years away. This galaxy is known as Mrk…
This newly released Hubble image shows the quadruple star system DI Cha. Two stars shine through the center of a ring of cascading dust in…
Using gravitational lensing, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed some of the earliest known galaxies — galaxies that formed just 600 million years after the…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, a newly published study reveals that when our solar system was born less than ten percent of the…
This newly released Hubble image shows the starburst galaxy Messier 94, which is roughly 16 million light-years away. This image shows the galaxy Messier 94,…
New imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra…
This newly released Hubble image shows Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 4639. NGC 4639 is a beautiful example of a type of galaxy known as a…
Using Hubble data and new images from SPHERE, astronomers have identified sub-structures and tracked changes within the debris disk that surrounds AU Microscopii. Like many…
This Hubble image of the week shows Planetary Nebula PK 329-02.2. This planetary nebula is called PK 329-02.2 and is located in the constellation of…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have identified the orbiting companions to five-millisecond pulsars in the globular…
Astronomers have discovered giant holes, or cavities, in the hot gas that pervades the Phoenix Cluster, revealing new details about this remarkable system. Galaxy clusters…
This newly released Hubble image shows barred spiral galaxy NGC 613. Ribbons of dust festoon the galaxy NGC 613 in this new image from the…
New images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal in great detail a small section of the expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about…
Released in 2009 to commemorate the Hubble’s 19th year in space, this image of Arp 194 shows several galaxies, along with a “cosmic fountain” of…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 3521, which is located roughly 40 million light-years away. This new image of the spiral galaxy…
This newly released Hubble image shows a pair of interacting galaxies known as NGC 3921. It is known today that merging galaxies play a large…
Using NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, a team of astronomers has discovered a rare beast of a galaxy cluster whose heart is bursting with…