The iconic Pillars of Creation recently had their portrait retaken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in high-def as part of the telescope’s 25th anniversary celebration. The new image — showing … [Read full article]
Tag: Hubble Space telescope
Fast Forward To A Gobbled-Up Milky Way
You may have heard that the days of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, are numbered. The Milky Way is one of the dominant galaxies of a cluster known as … [Read full article]
Asteroid Disintegration Spotted By NASA's Hubble — Never-Before-Seen Phenomenon
The incredibly rare sight of an asteroid’s disintegration was recently captured in a series of images by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The images show (in great clarity) the never-before-seen process … [Read full article]
Comet ISON Speeds Towards The Sun – Path May Spell Its Doom [VIDEO]
[UPDATED: Dec. 5, 2013 – see note, below] This thrilling, deep space video of comet ISON (aka the newest ‘comet of the Century’) passing Earth and Mercury on its way … [Read full article]
NGC 524 — Striking Old Lenticular Galaxy Subject Of New Image From Hubble
NGC 524 — a very striking looking, old lenticular galaxy — is the subject of a beautiful new image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The very interesting — and … [Read full article]
Rare Stellar Alignments Will Create Perfect Opportunity For Exo-Planet Hunting
A rare stellar alignment that will occur twice within the next couple of years is creating a ‘perfect’ opportunity for the search for exoplanets around one of our closest neighbors … [Read full article]
Beautiful Star-Burst Galaxy Seen In New Image From Hubble
A beautiful new image of a relatively unknown, and unusual, starburst galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has just been released. The image shows galaxy J125013.50+073441.5, a glowing mass … [Read full article]
Comet ISON, Comet Of The Century Imaged By Hubble Space Telescope
Comet ISON, the potential “comet of the century”, was recently photographed by NASA’s famous Hubble Space Telescope. The image, taken on April 10, depicts the bright comet making its way … [Read full article]
Pluto's Fifth Moon Discovered By Hubble
A new, fifth moon has been discovered orbiting around the dwarf planet Pluto. The discovery was made by a team of researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope. The moon … [Read full article]
In First, Hubble Telescope 'Profiles' Black Hole Disc
Of Black Holes & Quasars: No Earth or space-based telescope has ever observed a black hole directly. This is because the extreme, gravitational field of a black hole generates a … [Read full article]
'Most Complete' Simulation of the Universe Helps Illuminate Dark Matter 'Halos' [VIDEO]
It is being called the “most complete simulation of the universe” so far constructed… in 3D, of course! The new simulation is helping scientists understand how the largest visible structures in the universe were formed, which helps them better understand the mysterious “pulling” force known as dark matter
Space News Round-up: Magnetic Bubbles, Mega Blasts, Missing Mass & Mucho 'Rogue' Planets {VIDEO}
Over the past several weeks, a flurry of intriguing and surprising outer space-related discoveries have been made, ones that warrant a recap for those who may have missed them. I have selected four of the more fascinating ones, plus one related, really cool piece with a video, and they are: 1] Magnetic Bubbles Discovered at the Edge of Our Solar System, 2] Biggest Blast Ever Seen In Our Universe, 3] Aussie Grad Student Finds Missing Mass in Galaxies, 4] ‘Rogue’ Planets, More Plentiful than Stars, May Be Roaming the Galaxy, and 5] (An extra-special space goody:) A Supernova Sonata – Turning Exploding Stars into Music