Hubble Views ESO 149-3
In this newly released image the Hubble Space Telescope views galaxy ESO 149-3. This sprinkling of cosmic glitter makes up the galaxy known as ESO…
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Astronomers Observe Trio of Young Galaxies Merging Near ‘Cosmic Dawn’
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers have discovered a trio of young galaxies nestled inside an enormous blob of…
New Hubble Image of Quasar 3C 273
This newly released Hubble image shows quasar 3C 273, which resides in a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. This image from…
The Latest Hubblecast Video: What has Hubble Learned from Star Clusters?
The latest Hubblecast video details how the Hubble Space Telescope has studied and imaged amazing objects like globular cluster Messier 15. Hubblecast 69: What has…
New Hubble Image of One of the Oldest Known Globular Clusters
This newly released Hubble image shows star cluster Messier 15, which is one of the oldest known globular clusters and is located roughly 35,000 light-years…
How Milky Way-Like Galaxies Have Evolved Over Time
A composite image from Hubble and Sloan Digital Sky Survey data reveals how Milky Way-like galaxies have evolved over time. This composite image shows examples…
Hubble Views Stellar Explosions in NGC 6984
In this new image, the Hubble Space Telescope views spiral galaxy NGC 6984 and supernova SN 2013ek. Supernovae are intensely bright objects. They are…
Hubble Captures the Best Ever Image of the Antennae Galaxies
This newly released Hubble image shows the Antennae Galaxies, also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped the…
Hubble Sees an Asteroid with Six Comet-Like Tails
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have viewed for the first time an asteroid with six comet-like tails of dust radiating from it. Astronomers viewing…
Hubble Views Proxima Centauri
This newly released Hubble image shows Proxima Centauri, which is located just over four light-years from Earth. Shining brightly in this Hubble image is our…
NASA to Look Deeper Into the Universe than Ever Before
NASA researchers are teaming up in the new collaborative program called The Frontier Fields to look deeper into the universe than ever before, working together…
Hubble Captures a New Image of Comet ISON
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a new image of Comet ISON on October 9, 2013. This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture shows C/2012 S1,…
Water Discovered in Remnants of Rocky Planetary Body Outside Our Solar System
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the large telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory, scientists have found the first evidence of a water-rich rocky…
Hubble Views Elliptical Galaxy PGC 6240
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows elliptical galaxy PGC 6240, which is located in the southern constellation of Hydrus. The beautiful, petal-like shells of galaxy…
Hubblecast Video Explains How Hubble “Looks Back in Time”
This seven-minute Hubblecast video helps explain how Hubble “looks back in time” to see the Universe as it was billions of years ago. Hubblecast 68:…
Hubble Views Planetary Nebula NGC 2452
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 2452. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planetary nebula NGC 2452, located in the…
Hubble Views Galaxy Cluster MACS J0152.5-2852
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852. This image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852, captured in detail by the NASA/ESA…
Astronomers Find Evidence for Densest Nearby Galaxy
Using Chandra, Hubble, and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy that weighs more than 200 times our Sun, over half of which…