Tag: the universe

Expansion of the Universe

Dark Energy May Not Be Needed to Explain the Accelerating Expansion of the UniverseDark Energy May Not Be Needed to Explain the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017| GaryGary| 0 Comment| 3:45 pm

<p><a href="https://www.nightskyobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img0220-1024x770.png" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Enigmatic ‘<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy">dark energy</a>‘, thought to make up 68% of the universe, may not exist at all, according to a Hungarian-American team. The researchers believe that standard models

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Hubble Reveals Observable Universe Contains 10 Times More Galaxies Than Previously Thought
Most Distant Galaxy Seen Yet

Hubble Breaks Cosmic Distance Record – Sees Farther Into the UniverseHubble Breaks Cosmic Distance Record – Sees Farther Into the Universe

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016| GaryGary| 0 Comment| 3:32 pm

<p><a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/07/image/d/format/web_print/" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>By pushing NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to its limits, an international team of astronomers has shattered the cosmic distance record by measuring the farthest galaxy ever seen in

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Solar System Ambassadors Program
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble 25th Anniversary image

Celebrating 25 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope Unveiling the UniverseCelebrating 25 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope Unveiling the Universe

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015| GaryGary| 0 Comment| 12:37 pm

<p><a href="http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2015-12-a-web_print.jpg" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Launched in 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made more than 1.2 million observations of more than 38,000 celestial objects.</p> <p>In its 25-year lifetime the telescope has made nearly

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Water in Space

Hubble Source Catalog: A New Master Catalog for AstronomersHubble Source Catalog: A New Master Catalog for Astronomers

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015| GaryGary| 0 Comment| 1:37 pm

<p><a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/07/image/a/format/web_print/" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Johns Hopkins University, both in Baltimore, Maryland, have created a new master catalog of astronomical objects called the Hubble

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The Veil Nebula