Category Archives: Astronomy

galaxy NGC 7714

Loopy Galaxy Image from Hubble

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope photo of NGC 7714 presents an especially striking view of the galaxy’s smoke-ring-like structure. The golden loop is made of Sun-like stars that have been…

Three new Earth sized planets found, one could have Earth like temperatures

A multinational, multi-institution team of researchers led by UA scientist Ian Crossfield has found a star with three planets, one of which may have temperatures moderate enough for liquid water…

Asteroid

Large Asteroid to Pass Earth January 26th, Grab you Binoculars!

Asteroid, 2004 BL86, will safely pass about three times the distance of Earth to the moon on January 26. The asteroid is expected to be observable to amateur astronomers with…

New Hubble Image of M16 - Eagle Nebula

Hubble takes new stunning image of M16 – Pillars of Creation

(NASA) – Although NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken many breathtaking images of the universe, one snapshot stands out from the rest: the iconic view of the so-called “Pillars of…

dying galaxies

Young Galaxies found dying a premature death

(NASA) – Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have uncovered young, massive, compact galaxies whose raucous star-making parties are ending early. The firestorm of star birth…

Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Schneider (University of Arizona), and the HST/GO 12228 Team

Hubble Images Stars with Planet Construction Zones

(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of dusty debris disks around other stars. These dusty disks, likely created…

massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744

Hubble sees ghostly light from ancient Galaxies

(NASA) – NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the faint, ghostly glow of stars ejected from ancient galaxies that were gravitationally ripped apart several billion years ago. The mayhem…

Comet Sliding Spring

Comet Siding Spring During Mars Flyby Picture

This composite Hubble Space Telescope image captures the positions of Comet Siding Spring and Mars in a never-before-seen close passage of a comet by the Red Planet, which happened at…