Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Finds ‘Clear Signal’ of Water in 5 Exoplanet Atmospheres
For the first time, astronomers have found conclusive evidence of water in the hazy atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars.…
What’s A Kilonova? You’re Looking At It!
As astute readers of Universe Today, you likely know what a supernova is: a stellar explosion that signals the end…
Researcher Finds a New Moon Around Neptune in Hubble Data
It took sharp and patient eyes, but researcher Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute has found a tiny moon orbiting…
Hubble Confirms Exoplanet Has a Blue Atmosphere
Since its discovery in 2005, exoplanet HD 189733b has been one of the most-observed planets orbiting another star, as its…
Comet ISON: The Timelapse Hubble Movie
The Hubble Space Telescope team has released a video of Comet ISON as it is tearing toward its encounter with…
How a Hubble Image Goes from Photons to Finished Beauty
How does raw data from the Hubble Space Telescope end up to become a finished gorgeous color image, like the…
The Ring Nebula is Really a Football-Shaped Jelly Donut
Sometimes the popular names given to an astronomical object hit the mark of describing its features. Other times…. not so…
Hubble Telescope Captures Image of Comet ISON
Here’s our first good look at Comet (C/2012 S1) ISON. The Hubble Space Telescope captured this shot on April 10,…
A New Look at the Horsehead Nebula for Hubble’s 23rd Anniversary
Here’s the iconic Horsehead Nebula as we’ve not seen it before. As the Hubble team so poetically puts it, the…
Hubble Telescope Breaks Record in Finding Most Distant Type Ia Supernova
Astronomers just keep honing their skills and refining their techniques to get the most out of their telescopes. Scientists using…