Self proclaimed "Hubble Hugger" and telescope repairman Dr. John Grunsfeld has been appointed Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science…
Messier 30, from HST's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Credit: NASA, ESA and Francesco Ferraro (University of Bologna Blue stragglers are…
Artists impression of a small KBO detected by Hubble as it transited a star. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon…
A brand new Hubble image from Wide Field Camera 3 shows the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery…
Hubble's latest image is another stunner -- and just look at all the galaxies! Hubble has produced a new version…
[/caption] The pillars of creation are a part of the emission nebula, or H II region, M16 (also called the…
This is way cooler than those chocolate filled advent calendars that you can buy at the grocery store (although arguably…
[/caption] Another gorgeous image from Hubble! This close-up of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, shows an area filled with…
[/caption] Eta Carinae is a beast of a star. At more than 100 solar masses and 4 million times the…
Looking at a galaxy edge-on provides astronomers the opportunity to study different aspects of galaxies than a face-on view offers.…