It lives! NASA restores Hubble with a switch to backup hardware
The much-beloved Hubble Space Telescope looks like it will be able to resume operations soon, after a month of nail-biting issues with its hardware.
A pair of sparkling galaxies shine in this Hubble image
This week’s beautiful image of space captured by Hubble shows two large galaxies, part of the Perseus cluster, against a background starfield.
Cross your fingers that NASA can fix Hubble by switching to backup hardware
The Hubble telescope is currently broken, but NASA engineers are ready to switch to backup hardware to try to fix it.
Hubble captures a star cluster in hues of red, white, and blue
This week’s Hubble image is, appropriately enough, a star cluster called NGC 330 which glitters in shades of red, white, and blue.
Hubble woes continue as NASA prepares to switch to backup hardware
The computer problems plaguing the Hubble Space Telescope continue, with NASA attempting to switch over to backup computers in order to fix the issue.
Hubble has a computer problem and it’s proving difficult to fix
The Hubble Space Telescope is experiencing a computer problem and is not collecting scientific data. Engineers are working on a fix, but it’s proving difficult.
Hubble peered across 150 million light-years to image this galaxy
This week’s treat from the Hubble Space Telescope is an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, located around 150 million light-years away.
Hubble captures a wonky galaxy being pulled out of shape
Most galaxies, like our own Milky Way, tend to be symmetrical. However, sometimes a dramatic event can happen to a galaxy and pull it into an asymmetric shape.
See a glittering gang of galaxies in this week’s Hubble image
This week’s Hubble image shows a glittering host of galaxies or all shapes and sizes, dominated by the galaxy cluster ACO S 295.
Beautiful images show the stripes of Jupiter in three different wavelengths
If you think Jupiter is beautiful in the visible light spectrum, wait until you see it in infrared and ultraviolet.