Gaze into the Cleopatra’s Eye nebula, captured by Hubble
A Hubble image recently released by NASA shows a striking blue planetary nebula located in the constellation of Eridanus.
Astronomers want to build an epic $11B space telescope to replace Hubble
It’s the most exciting time of year for astronomers, with the release of the Astro2020 report which lays out plans for the next decade of astronomy.
Hubble spots a ‘superbubble’ in a beautiful emission nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the beautiful and mysterious nebula N44, which has a hole hundreds of light-years wide in its center.
Hubble captures creepy carbon star CW Leonis peering out from a screen of smoke
To celebrate Halloween, this week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the star CW Leonis, a creepy eye gazing out from a screen of smoke.
Hubble Space Telescope captures a peculiar pair of galaxies
This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows an odd couple: One large spiral galaxy and its diminutive companion.
Hubble had a ringside seat to observe a star going supernova
Recently the Hubble Space Telescope observed something very rare: A star in the process of going supernova.
Hubble spots persistent water vapor on Europa — but only in one hemisphere
Evidence from the Hubble Space Telescope shows persistent water vapor on Jupiter’s moon Europa — but only in one hemisphere.
Mystery of a strange mirrored double galaxy solved using Hubble data
A strange object discovered in 2013 seemed to show two perfectly mirrored galaxies. Now astronomers have figured out why.
Hubble snaps images of two galaxies that are merging to become one
The image from the Hubble Space Telescope this week shows two galaxies which are merging into one as the force of their gravities pulls them together.
Hubble captures a galaxy with a highly energetic nucleus
This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a particularly energetic type of galaxy, called a Seyfert galaxy, with a very bright galactic nucleus.