National Air & Space Museum Opens Hubble Exhibit
Two instruments that played critical roles in discoveries made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope now are on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air…
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Comet ISON May Be Comet of the Year, Not the Century
The countdown clock is ticking to comet ISON’s hair-raising passage around the sun on Nov. 28, as it grazes the sun at a distance of only…
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Hubble Images a Huge, Light-Year-Long Flaming Space Monster
This video begins with a view of the stars in the constellation Cygnus, zooms into the Cygnus OB2 association region, and then into a Hubble view…
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Stellar Motions in Milky Way’s Outer Halo Shed New Light on Galaxy Evolution
Peering deep into the vast stellar halo that envelops our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered tantalizing evidence for the possible…
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Most Quasars Snack Rather Than Binge Feed
Black holes in the early universe needed a few snacks rather than one giant meal to fuel their quasars and help them grow, according to observations…
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Hubble 22nd Birthday Image Shows Turbulent Star-Making Region in 30-Doradus
Several million young stars are vying for attention in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a…
Read the guideDark Matter Core Defies Explanation
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Telescope have observed what appears to be a clump of dark matter left behind from a wreck between massive clusters…
Read the guideA New View of the Eagle Nebula as Never Seen Before
In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘Pillars of Creation’ image of the Eagle Nebula became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. Now,…
Read the guideFarthest Protocluster of Galaxies Ever Seen Spotted by Hubble
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of development. It is the most distant such grouping ever…
Read the guideWorld’s Largest Radio Telescope Begins Observations
RadioAstron, effectively the largest radio telescope ever built, is up and running. The telescope’s main component, a 10-metre radio dish aboard the spacecraft Spectr-R, launched in…
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