Hubble Views an Ongoing Cosmic Collision
In this new image, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope views an ongoing cosmic collision between two galaxies. This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope…
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Hubble Views a Starburst Galaxy
Using the Wide Field Camera 3, Hubble captured this new image of starburst galaxy J125013.50+073441.5. This beautiful, glittering swirl is named, rather un-poetically, J125013.50+073441.5. A…
New Hubble Data Helps Reveal Ring Nebula’s True Form
By using data from the Hubble Space Telescope combined with infrared data from ground-based telescopes, researchers were able to view the Ring Nebula’s true shape…
Herschel Discovers Massive Merging of Two Galaxies
The Herschel Space telescope has discovered a massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was roughly 3 billion years old. The…
Detailed Hubble Image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula
Hubble reveals the full beauty of a bull’s eye pattern of eleven or so concentric rings around the Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC…
Astronomers View Superheated Gas Swirling Around a Black Hole
By combining X-ray, optical, and radio data, astronomers get a full picture of the superheated gas swirling around the black hole at the center of…
Hubble Views Galaxy Cluster Abell S1077
This new Hubble images shows galaxy cluster Abell S1077 and is based in part on data spotted by Nick Rose in the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures…
Hubble Views Galaxy 2MASX J05210136-2521450
This new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy 2MASX J05210136-2521450. When we look into the distant cosmos, the great majority of the objects…
Hubble Finds Planetary Debris Whirling Around Two White Dwarfs
The Hubble Space Telescope has detected signs of Earth-like planets in debris whirling around two white dwarfs, finding silicon in the stars’ atmospheres and detecting…
Hubble Views Supernova Remnant SNR 0519
This Hubble image shows the remains of a white dwarf supernova known as SNR 0519, which is located over 150,000 light-years from Earth in the…
Hubble Views Young Star PV Cep
This Hubble image shows the young star PV Cep, which is located in the northern constellation of Cepheus at a distance of over 1600 light-years…
Evidence That Local Starbursts Impact the Bulk of the Gas Around Their Host Galaxy
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers observed 20 nearby galaxies, some of which were known to be undergoing a starburst, finding that the winds accompanying…
One of the Most Efficient Star Making Galaxies Ever Observed
Using Hubble, WISE and the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer in the French Alps, astronomers viewed efficient star-making galaxy SDSSJ1506+54, seeing a rare phase of…
Hubble Captures Close-Up View of Comet ISON
NASA’s Hubble telescope captured close-up images of Comet ISON in early April, providing scientists with images to measure the activity level of the comet. This…
Hubble Views Globular Cluster Palomar 2
In this image, the Hubble Space Telescope shows globular cluster Palomar 2, which is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar…
Hubble Views the Horsehead Nebula
Unlike other celestial objects there is no question how the Horsehead Nebula got its name. This iconic silhouette of a horse’s head and neck pokes…
Hubble Views Elliptical Galaxy NGC 2768
This new Hubble image shows the dusty details of elliptical galaxy NGC 2768. The soft glow in this image is NGC 2768, an elliptical galaxy…
Hubble Views a Nearby Starburst Galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope views the light and dust in nearby starburst galaxy J082354.96. Visible as a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky, this…