Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming Disks
This collection of new images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases protoplanetary disks, the swirling masses of…
Hubble Observes Stars Flaring to Life in Orion
Just-forming stars, called protostars, dazzle a cloudy landscape in the Orion Molecular Cloud complex (OMC). These three new…
The Hubble Space Telescope could crash down to Earth sooner than expected
The iconic Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been in orbit for over 35 years now. The space observatory…
“A New Type of Astronomical Object”: Hubble Telescope Confirms First Detection of a “Relic” Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted an astronomical object unlike any previously observed, revealing an unusual remnant of…
Scientists Weirded Out by Cosmic Bones in Distant Space
Current theories suggest that dark matter — the mysterious substance that’s believed not to emit, absorb, or reflect…
NASA Hubble Helps Detect ‘Wake’ of Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star
Using new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of a recently…
NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object
A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless,…
Behold ‘Dracula’s Chivito,’ the Largest Planet Nursery Astronomers Have Ever Seen
Roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, a gigantic disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young…
NASA’s Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time
Like a game of cosmic bumper cars, scientists think the early days of our solar system were a…
NASA’s Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star.…
New independent measurements of universe expansion rate deepen cosmic mystery : Kauai Now
A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes — including W. M. Keck Observatory…
Astronomers sharpen universe’s expansion rate, deepening cosmic mystery : Big Island Now
A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes — including W. M. Keck Observatory…