Astronomy

Rare alignment allows Hubble to become a planet hunter

(Source Space Telescope Science Institute) - With the probable demise of the Kepler mission due a failure of the components used…

11 years ago

Hubble image shows collision of galaxies causing them to warp

In this interesting image of two galaxies 326 million light years away, a collision between a spiral and an elliptical galaxy…

11 years ago

SMILE, Cassini to take picture of Earth from Saturn

The Cassini spacecraft which recently celebrated 15 years of success will take a picture of Earth on July 19, 2013. The…

11 years ago

JWST Mirror Backplane Support Frame Complete, making progress!

It is hard to believe that there was a time when the James Webb Space Telescope was supposed to launch…

11 years ago

Crystal Clear Images of Mercury look very Moon like

At a glance this extreamly crisp image may look like Earth's Moon but it is actually Mercury. The image was…

11 years ago

Hubble Uncovers Evidence for Extrasolar Planet Under Construction

(Source NASA) - Nearly 900 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, but now for the first time astronomers think…

11 years ago

Hubble maps 3D Ejected material around star eruption

(Source NASA) - A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure…

11 years ago

Study Suggests Black Holes Abundant in Earliest Stars

(Source NASA) - By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, an international team of…

11 years ago

JWST has its Eyes to the Universe Installed

Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,…

11 years ago

Hubble Captures Comet ISON, Possibly Comet of the Century

(Source NASA and STScI) - Comet ISON is potentially the "comet of the century" because around the time the comet makes…

11 years ago