2012

• 3/2/2012 STScI-2012-10 1. 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)
• 2/2/2012 STScI-2012-08 2. Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy A team of astronomers aimed Hubble at one of the most striking examples of gravitational lensing, a nearly 90-degree arc of light in the galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623. (More)

2011

• 10/13/2011 STScI-2011-25 3. Ambitious Hubble Survey Obtaining New Dark Matter Census Cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 (or MACS 1206 for short) is one of the first targets in a Hubble Space Telescope survey that will allow astronomers to construct... (More)
• 6/22/2011 STScI-2011-17 4. Pandora's Cluster – Clash of the Titans A team of scientists studying the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, have pieced together the cluster's complex and violent history using telescopes... (More)
• 4/12/2011 STScI-2011-12 5. NASA Telescopes Help Discover Surprisingly Young Galaxy Astronomers have uncovered one of the youngest galaxies in the distant universe, with stars that formed 13.5 billion years ago, a mere 200 million years after the Big Bang. (More)

2010

• 11/11/2010 STScI-2010-37 6. Detailed Dark Matter Map Yields Clues to Galaxy Cluster Growth Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope received a boost from a cosmic magnifying glass to construct one of the sharpest... (More)
• 8/19/2010 STScI-2010-26 7. First Use of Cosmic Lens to Probe Dark Energy An international team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has devised a new method for measuring perhaps the greatest puzzle of our universe... (More)

2009

• 9/9/2009 STScI-2009-25 8. Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe. (More)
• 4/16/2009 STScI-2009-17 9. Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717 The most crowded collision of galaxy clusters has been identified by combining information from three different telescopes. This result gives scientists a chance to learn what happens... (More)

2008

• 8/27/2008 STScI-2008-32 10. A Clash of Clusters Provides New Clue to Dark Matter A powerful collision of galaxy clusters has been captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The observations of the cluster... (More)