New Hubble Space Telescope Photos of Mars and Saturn
In summer 2018 the planets Mars and Saturn are, one after the other, in opposition to Earth. During this event the planets are relatively close…
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Hubble Image of the Week – The Milky Way’s Big Sister
This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) shows a beautiful spiral galaxy called NGC 6744. At first glance,…
Hubble Image of the Week – Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1336 0331
At first glance, it may seem as though this image was taken through a faulty lens, but the mind-bending distortions visible in this Hubble Wide…
New Hubble and Gaia Data Fuel Cosmic Conundrum
Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe’s expansion rate. The results…
Hubble Image of the Week – Irregular Galaxy UGC 12682
Glowing warmly against the dark backdrop of the Universe, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows an irregular galaxy called UGC 12682. Located…
July 4th Image of the Day – Burst of Celestial Fireworks
Like a July 4 fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars resembles an aerial burst. The cluster is surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas…
Hubble Telescope Zooms In On The Early Universe
This busy image is a treasure trove of wonders. Bright stars from the Milky Way sparkle in the foreground, the magnificent swirls of several spiral…
Hubble Telescope Views An Aging Beauty – NGC 6139
This rich and dense smattering of stars is a massive globular cluster, a gravitationally-bound collection of stars that orbits the Milky Way. Globular clusters are…
Astronomers Make Most Precise Test of Einstein’s General Relativity Outside Milky Way
Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, have made the most precise test yet…
Astronomers Directly Image a Black Hole Ripping Apart a Star
For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material ejected when the powerful gravity of a…
Hubble Image of the Week – One Galaxy, Three Supernovae
In astronomy, the devil is in the details — as this image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide-Field…
Hubble Image of the Week – Strings of Homeless Stars
This sparkling Picture of the Week features a massive galaxy cluster named RXC J0232.2-4420. This image was taken by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys and…
Hubble Image of the Week – Threads of Blue
A ripple of bright blue threads through this galaxy like a misshapen lake system. The foreground of this image is littered with nearby stars with…
Hubble Views Cosmic Collision Between Spiral Galaxies
Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This distorted…
Hubble Telescope Views The Brightest Cluster Galaxy
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a cluster of hundreds of galaxies located about 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. The brightest galaxy within this…
Hubble Image of the Week – Between Local and Laniakea
At first glance, this image is dominated by the vibrant glow of the swirling spiral to the lower left of the frame. However, this galaxy…
Hubble Telescope Reveals the Local Universe in Ultraviolet
Using the unparalleled sharpness and ultraviolet observational capabilities of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has created the most comprehensive high-resolution…
Astronomers Discovered Unusual Laser Emission in Ant Nebula
An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of…