Hubble
Hubble View of Planetary Nebula NGC 2440
This beautiful photograph was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, and it shows the planetary…
Distant Cluster of Galaxies Viewed by Hubble
This beautiful picture is of a distant collection of galaxies called the Abell S0740 galaxy cluster, captured by the Hubble…
Hubble Sees An Extrasolar Planet’s Atmosphere
Now here's a feat. The Hubble Space Telescope was able to analyze the atmosphere of a gas giant planet orbiting…
Hubble’s Main Camera is Offline, Maybe Permanently
One of the Hubble Space Telescope's main science instruments, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has gone offline, and the…
Hubble Sees a Hypergiant Star Nearing Death
VY Canis Majoris, located about 5,000 light-years away, is no ordinary star; it's a supergiant, containing 30 to 40 times…
Hubble Helps Make a 3-D Map of Dark Matter
A team of astronomers has created a three-dimensional map of dark matter distribution across the Universe. This map gives some…
Happy Hubble Holidays
The fine folks at the Hubble Space Telescope released this photograph today to celebrate the holidays. I'm not sure which…
Heavy Stars Embedded in NGC 6357
This Hubble photograph shows star cluster Pismis 24, which lies at the heart of emission nebula NGC 6357. The stars…
Spitzer and Hubble View Orion
This beautiful photograph is of a region in the Orion Nebula called the Trapezium. It was taken by merging images…
Super-Supermassive Black Hole
The Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the National Radio Astronomical Observatory teamed up to produce this composite…