Hubble Views Supernova That Exploded Over 10 Billion Years Ago
The Hubble Space Telescope has broken the record in the search for the farthest supernova, finding Supernova UDS10Wil that exploded more than 10 billion years…
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Hubble Views Planetary Nebula J 900 and a Nearby Star
In the above image, Hubble views planetary nebula J 900 and a nearby star. The object in this image is Jonckheere 900 or J 900,…
Hubble Views the Hidden Depths of Spiral Galaxy Messier 77
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope views spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as NGC 1068. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of…
Hubble Views Worm-Like Galaxy IRAS 23436+5257
In this new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, you can see the worm-like galaxy known as IRAS 23436+5257. The shape is most…
Hubble Gazes on Ring Galaxy Zw II 28
Hubble takes a closer look at ring galaxy Zw II 28 in this newly released image. Galaxies can take many forms — elliptical blobs, swirling…
NASA Image of the Day Shows Light Echoes From V838 Mon
This NASA image of the day shows the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) and its light echo. Light Echoes from V838 Mon What caused this…
Hubble Views Newborn Stars in Galaxy IC 5052
In a new image, Hubble views the pale blue light of extremely hot newborn stars in barred spiral galaxy IC 5052. This image, speckled with…
Hubble Confirms HD 140283 As the Oldest Known Star
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found that HD 140283 is the oldest known star with a well-determined age, forming soon after the Big…
Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud Recalculated, Improves Hubble Constant
By observing a rare close pair of stars, known as eclipsing binaries, a team of scientists recalculated the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud, refining…
Space Invaders Appear in Hubble Image Due to Gravitational Lensing
This new Hubble Space Telescope image of Abell 68 is enhanced by gravitational lensing, showing swarms of galaxies that each have billions of stars and…
Hubble Image of Planetary Nebula ESO 456-67
This newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows planetary nebula ESO 456-67. It may look like something from The Lord of the Rings,…
Sideways Motions of Distant Stars Shed New Light on Milky Way Evolution
A team of astronomers used Hubble to precisely measure the sideways motions of a small sample of stars located far from the galaxy’s center, shedding…
Hubble Views a Herbig-Haro Object
This new Hubble image shows a Herbig-Haro object, a jet of glowing material trailed by an orange-hued plume of gas and dust. This image shows…
Hubble Views a Pair of Interacting Galaxies Known As IC 2184
Composed of visible and infrared observations from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, this Hubble image shows a pair of interacting galaxies known as…
Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy ESO 121-6
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows spiral galaxy ESO 121-6 and numerous nearby stars and galaxies. This thin, glittering streak of stars is the spiral…
Mysterious Infant Star Unleashes Strobe-Like Flashes of Light
A newly published study details a mysterious infant star, designated LRLL 54361, that unleashes strobe-like flashes of light every 25.34 days. Two of NASA’s great…
Unique Features of Spiral Galaxy Messier 106
Located about 20 million light-years away, spiral galaxy M 106 has several unique features: instead of two spiral arms, it appears to have four and…
Hubble Views a Galaxy in a Transitional Phase
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the transitional phase when young, star-forming galaxies settle to become massive, red, and dead galaxies. The further…