5/2/2012STScI-2012-182.Black Hole Caught Red-handed in a Stellar Homicide
Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer... (More)
4/19/2012STScI-2012-213.Hubble Spots Aurorae on the Planet Uranus
These are among the first clear images, taken from the distance of Earth, to show aurorae on the planet Uranus. This composite image combines 2011 Hubble observations... (More)
3/27/2012STScI-2012-167.Help Find Hubble's Hidden Treasures
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made over one million observations during its more than two decades in orbit. New images are published nearly every week, but hidden in Hubble's... (More)
3/2/2012STScI-2012-109.Dark Matter Core Defies Explanation in Hubble Image
Astronomers observed what appeared to be a clump of dark matter left behind during a bizarre wreck between massive clusters of galaxies. The dark matter collected... (More)
2/21/2012STScI-2012-1310.NASA's Hubble Reveals a New Class of Extrasolar Planet
Observations of the extrasolar planet GJ1214b by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have come up with a new class of planet, a waterworld enshrouded... (More)