Hubble Could Get a New Lease on Life—If NASA Can Afford It
NASA’s Hubble space telescope is running out of time. The aging observatory is slowly being dragged down toward…
Astronomers Discover Two Monster Black Holes Creating a Cosmic Void as They Merge
Artistic depiction, for illustrative purposes online. Space is usually crowded at the center of a giant galaxy. Stars…
NASA’s $4 Billion Roman Space Telescope Heads To Florida For Launch
WFIRST, shown here in an artist’s rendering, will carry a Wide Field Instrument to provide astronomers with Hubble-quality…
Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster
The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of…
Do Europa’s water vapor plumes not exist after all?
View larger. | Jupiter’s moon Europa, with an inset showing a closer view of cracks on the surface.…
Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter…
Scientists thought Jupiter’s moon Europa was ejecting water. Now they’re not so sure
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Hubble Captures Galaxy Cluster – NASA Science
Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and…
NASA’s Hubble Accidentally Witnesses a Comet Shattering in Space
Hubble accidentally captured a comet in the middle of breaking apart, an event scientists have tried for years…
Hubble Marks 36th Anniversary with Image of Trifid Nebula
NASA celebrated Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first…
Hubble reveals rare galaxy transformed by black hole activity
Look closer at the NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1266, and you could mistake it for…
Helio and You: Seasons on Earth, Mars, and Beyond
Earth has four seasons – spring, summer, fall, and winter. Other planets (including Jupiter and the other giant…