Ring Nebula’s True Shape Revealed by Hubble
In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble…
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Mega Galaxy Merger Spotted by Herschel Space Telescope
A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important…
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The Abell S1077 Gravitational Lens
Bright arcs are smeared around the heart of galaxy cluster Abell S1077 in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope. The arcs are stretched…
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Building Blocks for Earth-Sized Planets Found Around Two White Dwarf Stars
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found the building blocks for Earth-sized planets in an unlikely place– the atmospheres of a pair of burned-out stars called white…
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Herschel Space Telescope Ceases Operation After Coolant Runs Out
The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope for which NASA helped build instruments and process data, has stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant…
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Hubble Takes Photo of Comet ISON
Later this year, Comet ISON is expected to become a naked-eye object when it skims through the atmosphere of the sun. The Hubble Space Telescope has…
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New View of the Horsehead Nebula Taken by Hubble and Herschel Space Telescopes
New views of the Horsehead Nebula and its turbulent environment have been unveiled by ESA’s Herschel space observatory and the NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope. Stunning new…
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Smallest Earth-Like Planets to Date Discovered by Kepler Space Telescope
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where…
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SOAR Spaceplane Being Developed by the Swiss
In the wake of the Space Shuttle’s demise, new spacecraft are being developed in droves. While all existing craft are space capsules, not unlike those used…
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Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity Meets Kepler Space Telescope
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has witnessed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion star. The findings are among the first detections…
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