Starlink satellite expansion | Interviews
SpaceX has carried out its latest launch of Starlink satellites, adding to a network that already numbers in…
AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive
A team of astronomers has employed a cutting-edge, artificial intelligence-assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena within archived…
Hubble Snaps Stellar Baby Pictures
Newly developing stars shrouded in thick dust get their first baby pictures in these images from NASA’s Hubble…
Hubble spots three young stars going through growth spurts
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a trio of young stars in the process of becoming their best…
Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?
One of China’s latest Earth observation satellites operating in low orbit could feature an optical aperture at a…
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…
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…
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans space telescope bigger than Hubble
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy are spearheading one of the most ambitious private astronomy…
“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…
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…