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A spectacular image from the Hubble Space Telescope’s newly-installed Wide Field Camera 3, showing a birthplace of stars in the nearby galaxy M83: Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel. (Hat tip: Phil Plait, who has interesting commentary on how this image was generated, and what ...
Science, Space, Astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Photography, Galaxies, Universe
Newly released images from the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys give us a look at two galaxies that are losing it. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) allows astronomers to study an interesting and important phenomenon called ram pressure stripping that is so powerful, it is ...
Science, Space, Astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Photography, Galaxies, Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope gets all the publicity, but there’s another orbiting telescope that sees into the X-ray spectrum and is also sending back mind-bending images from the depths of space — the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The latest photograph from Chandra shows the center of our Milky Way galaxy, and ...
Space, Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra Observatory, Astronomy, Milky Way, black hole
The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, and sending back photographs of the universe that can only be described with that overworked word “awesome:” Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe. [Video]
Space, Hubble Space Telescope, Astronomy, Galaxies, nebulae, Video
Here’s an excellent high definition video on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field images, with a 3D simulation that flies you through Hubble’s most awe-inspiring photographs. The Deep Field images were created by pointing the Hubble Space Telescope for several days at a tiny patch of apparently empty sky — “empty” ...
Science, Space, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Photography, Deep Field, Galaxies, Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope isn’t the only orbiting observatory sending back incredible images from the depths of space; here’s a picture generated by the Chandra X-ray Observatory combined with optical imagery: a group of colliding galaxies known as “Stephan’s Quintet.” Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/E. O’Sullivan Optical: Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope/Coelum This beautiful image ...
Space, Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra Observatory, Astronomy, Galaxies
The space shuttle Atlantis glided in to a perfect landing in California this morning, after a very successful 13-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle was rerouted to California because of poor weather conditions in Florida. Total distance traveled during the mission: 5.3 million miles. ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
The astronauts are finished with their repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope, and now we can’t wait to see the images from the powerful new instruments they’ve installed. They’re doing tool inventory and cleanup before ending their final spacewalk; you can watch live at NASA TV.
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
The astronauts from shuttle Atlantis are working on the Hubble Space Telescope right now, entering the fourth hour of their spacewalk. You can watch live at NASA TV; as I write there’s a glorious view of the Earth with an astronaut silhouetted against it, as they pass over Africa at ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
Space shuttle Atlantis is about to latch onto the Hubble Space Telescope to begin its repair mission; here’s the live feed from NASA TV as Atlantis approaches the telescope: [Live feed now disabled...] UPDATE at 5/13/09 10:17:48 am: It’s so cool to watch this live — the shuttle has successfully ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
A perfect launch this morning sent the space shuttle Atlantis into orbit, ready to begin an 11-day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA TV is replaying the launch on their video channel.
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
The space shuttle Atlantis is on the launchpad and on schedule to launch at 2:01 pm EDT tomorrow (Monday), for its mission to perform extensive repairs and maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope. It’s been seven years since the Hubble was serviced, so there’s a lot to do; five spacewalks ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes teamed up to expose the chaos that baby stars are creating 1,500 light years away in a cosmic cloud called the Orion nebula. This striking composite indicates that four monstrously massive stars, collectively called the “Trapezium,” at the center of the cloud ...
Science, Astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer, Orion Nebula
Have you always wanted to control where to point the Hubble Space Telescope? Now you can: Hubble’s Next Discovery - You Decide. YOU’RE IN CONTROL! In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now, 400 years later, your vote will help make the ...
This week astronomers announced the first pictures of planets circling other stars, but if you saw the photos released by the wire services you might have wondered, “Where?” Here’s a good illustration from APOD, showing the planet and its position within the giant ring of dust that surrounds Fomalhaut. They’ve ...
Science, NASA, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Fomalhaut, Planets, Astronomy
Here are some fantastic high resolution photos of preparations for the Space Shuttle Atlantis’ mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, scheduled for October 8th: Preparing to rescue Hubble.
LGF, Science, Space, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Hubble Space Telescope
Revealed in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope: gigantic gaseous filaments up to 20,000 light years long, shaped by the magnetic field of a super-massive black hole in the galaxy NGC 1275. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and A.C. Fabian (University of Cambridge, UK)
LGF, Space, Science, Hubble Space Telescope, black hole, Astronomy
From APOD, this stunning false-color composite picture combines a Hubble Space Telescope image with data from the orbiting Chandra Observatory, showing the intense X-ray activity of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, 3,000 light years from Earth.
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The Hubble Space Telescope took this image of the outer edge of a shockwave generated in our galaxy by an exploding supernova, and witnessed on earth in the year 1006 AD. The entire diameter of this massive galactic ripple is about 60 light years, and it’s still expanding at a ...
Some exciting news for Hubble Space Telescope fans (I’m one) as the amazing device refuses to die: A Whole New View: Hubble Overhaul to Boost Telescope’s Reach. When astronauts overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope this summer, they will leave behind a vastly more powerful orbital observatory to scan the ...