Hubble

Hollywood-like Galactic Encounter Results in Baby Stars

Like news ripped from a Hollywood tabloid, this saga includes an encounter between two individuals; one aging, and thought to…

13 years ago

Hubble Provides Most Detailed Dark Matter Map Yet

[/caption] Using Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, astronomers have been able to chart invisible dark matter in a distant galaxy,…

13 years ago

VLT, Hubble Smash Record for Eyeing Most Distant Galaxy

[/caption] Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have looked back to find the most…

14 years ago

Hubble Spins the Wheel on Star Birth

[/caption] Galaxies are like snowflakes, with no two looking exactly the same. The latest image released from the Hubble Space…

14 years ago

Hubble Sees Asteroid Collision in Slow-Motion

[/caption]Alas, the image above is not marking alien pirate treasure in space - for the first time, the aftermath of…

14 years ago

Hubble: Helium Reionization Was a Hot Time in the Ol’ Universe

[/caption] Using Hubble’s newest tool, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS), researchers have nailed down and enhanced our understanding of the…

14 years ago

Hubble’s Amazing 3-D Look Inside the Dusty Carina Nebula

[/caption] What can we say? Another Hubble stunner, and just wait until you see flythough video below. This is an…

14 years ago

Hubble Spies an Amazing Cosmic Spiral

[/caption] The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys has captured a remarkable image of a spiral in space. No,…

14 years ago

Supernova Spews Its Guts Across Space

The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new look at Supernova 1987A and its famous "String of Pearls,"…

14 years ago

Giant Ultraviolet Rings Found Around Ancient Galaxies

[/caption] Title this 'Zombie Galaxies' or 'Night of the Living Galaxies.' Astronomers have found mysterious, giant loops of ultraviolet light…

14 years ago