The Hubble Space Telescope has come a long way in taking ever deeper “core samples” of the distant universe. After Hubble’s launch in 1990, astronomers debated if it was worth spending a chunk of the telescope’s time to go on a “fishing expedition” to take a very long exposure of...
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The Hubble Space Telescope captured two young stars named HOPS 150, which glows a bright golden red in the upper-right corner of the image, and HOPS 153, which lies on the left side of the image, represented by a narrow, colourful jet, in the Orion Nebula. (Image ...
SEATTLE — A famous deep-space object imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope 20 years ago has been reborn in an amazing new photo. Scientists pointed the telescope at the iconic Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16 (M16), capturing the famous "Pillars of Creation" in sharper and wider ...
Space How the Hubble Telescope opened a new window on the cosmos The Hubble Space Telescope's journey to the sky was a bumpy one, but it was well worth the effort, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Comment Subscriber-only Space NASA is trying a 'risky' fix for the ageing Hubble Space Te...
ShuttleColumbia, NASA astronauts Mike Massimino and Jim Newman installed a new instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. The Advanced Camera for Surveys, or ACS, would go on to take over 125,000 images to date, includin...
The Butterfly nebula, formally designated NGC 6302, is a planetary nebula roughly 3,800 light-years from the sun .
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope imaged both sides of the giant planet, Jupiter, on January 5-6, 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC) "Big enough to swallow Earth, the classic Great Red Spot stands out prominently in Jupiter's...
SEE ALSO:Many of the Webb telescope’s greatest discoveries won't come from any amazing pictures A deep view of the cosmos. LEDA 2046648 is the large galaxy at the bottom.Credit: ESA Webb / NASA / CSA / A. Martel Tweet may have been deleted ...