Asteroid P/2010 A2 Orbit and Image Sequence

Asteroid P/2010 A2 Orbit and Image Sequence


Oct 13, 2010
A New Spin on Vesta

A New Spin on Vesta


Oct 8, 2010

Astronomers combined 146 exposures taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make this 73-frame movie of the asteroid Vesta's rotation. Vesta completes a rotation every 5.34 hours.
Hubble Movie: Saturn's Double Light Show

Hubble Movie: Saturn's Double Light Show


Feb 15, 2010

In January and March 2009, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took advantage of a rare opportunity to record Saturn when its rings were edge-on, resulting in a unique movie featuring the nearly symmetrical ... more
Hubble Reveals Pluto's Changing Surface

Hubble Reveals Pluto's Changing Surface


Feb 4, 2010

This video describes how NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided increasingly better pictures of Pluto since the telescope's launch into Earth orbit in 1990. Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has been a speck of ... more
Photo-Mapped Pluto Globe

Photo-Mapped Pluto Globe


Feb 4, 2010

This is the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003. Hubble's view isn't sharp enough to ... more
Saturn Quadruple Transit Science Visualization

Saturn Quadruple Transit Science Visualization


Mar 17, 2009

This Hubble movie shows four of Saturn's moons moving across the face of their parent planet on February 24, 2009. Icy moons Enceladus and Dione are on the far left, while the large orange moon Titan and icy Mimas are on ... more
Saturn Quadruple Transit Science Visualization (Narrated)

Saturn Quadruple Transit Science Visualization (Narrated)


Mar 17, 2009

This Hubble movie shows four of Saturn's moons moving across the face of their parent planet on February 24, 2009. Icy moons Enceladus and Dione are on the far left, while the large orange moon Titan and icy Mimas are on ... more
Jupiter's Largest Moon Plays a Game of 'Peek-A-Boo'

Jupiter's Largest Moon Plays a Game of 'Peek-A-Boo'


Dec 18, 2008

This movie shows Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, as it ducks behind the giant planet. Astronomers combined a series of images taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make ... more
Jupiter's Latest Red Spot Overtaken By the 'Great Red Spot' (Non-Annotated)

Jupiter's Latest Red Spot Overtaken By the 'Great Red Spot' (Non-Annotated)


Jul 17, 2008

The emergence of a ‘baby red spot' earlier this year on the gas giant looks to be a temporary phenomenon, as it appears to have nearly disappeared. Now it is deformed and pale in color and sits on the opposite side ... more
Jupiter's Latest Red Spot Overtaken by the 'Great Red Spot' (Annotated)

Jupiter's Latest Red Spot Overtaken by the 'Great Red Spot' (Annotated)


Jul 17, 2008

The emergence of a ‘baby red spot' earlier this year on the gas giant looks to be a temporary phenomenon, as it appears to have nearly disappeared. Now it is deformed and pale in color and sits on the opposite side ... more