Hubble Space Telescope

Ed Weiler – NASA Science Leader and Hubble Chief Scientist Retires

[/caption] Ed Weiler, NASA’s Science leader in charge of the robotic missions that continually produce scientific breakthroughs that amaze all…

13 years ago

Space Spectacular — Rotation Movies of Vesta

http://youtu.be/FU65KCwxA6A Take us into orbit Mr. Sulu! The Dawn science team has released two spectacular rotation movies of the entire…

13 years ago

Dawn Spirals Down Closer to Vesta’s South Pole Impact Basin

[/caption] NASA's Dawn Asteroid Orbiter is now spiraling down ever closer to the protoplanet Vesta - since arriving on July…

13 years ago

Dawn Closing in on Asteroid Vesta as Views Exceed Hubble

[/caption] A new world in our Solar System is about to be unveiled for the first time – the mysterious…

13 years ago

Hubble Takes a Spectacular Look Inside the Eagle Nebula

[/caption] There are some stellar powerhouses inside the Eagle Nebula, and Hubble has captured a collection of these hot, blue…

13 years ago

‘Ring’ in the Holidays with New Hubble Bubble Image

[/caption] From a Hubble/ESA press release: A festive, delicate ring --photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope -- appears to float…

13 years ago

Hubble Predicts the Future of Omega Centauri

[/caption] Using four years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, astronomers have made the most…

14 years ago

Astronomers Now Closer to Understanding Dark Energy

Understanding something we can’t see has been a problem that astronomers have overcome in the past. Now, a group of…

14 years ago

New Hubble Images Show Pluto is Changing

Pluto-philes (and astronomers, too) have always bemoaned the fact that the best image of the principal dwarf planet wase just…

14 years ago

Double Hubble Sequence Shows Galaxies Go Spiral

[/caption] Galaxies come in all sorts of shapes. But in the past, the various galaxy shapes used to be more…

14 years ago