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New Images Using Data From Retired Telescopes Reveal Hidden Features
The stunning perspectives show four of our galactic neighbors in a different light.
Dead Star Caught Ripping Up Planetary System
Both Rocky and Icy Bodies Were Identified Among the Debris on the Surface of a White Dwarf Star
Hubble Determines Mass of Isolated Black Hole Roaming Our Milky Way Galaxy
Hubble Finds Phantom Imprint in Space Revealing Wandering Stellar Corpse
Hubble Reaches New Milestone in Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate
Three Decades of Space Telescope Observations Converge on a Precise Value for the Hubble Constant
Hubble Reveals Surviving Companion Star in Aftermath of Supernova
The discovery helps explain the puzzle of hydrogen loss pre-supernova, and supports the theory that most massive stars are paired.
Hubble Sheds Light on Origins of Supermassive Black Holes
Bizarre, Evolutionary Missing Link Uncovered in Hubble Deep Survey of Galaxies
Hubble Confirms Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen
4-Billion-Year-Old Relic From The Early Solar System Is Headed This Way
Hubble Probes Extreme Weather on Ultra-Hot Jupiters
Sizzling Worlds Vaporize Most of the Dust in Their Atmospheres
Hubble Finds a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way
Evidence shows violent collapse responsible for formation of Jupiter-like protoplanet
Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen
A lucky cosmic alignment has revealed a single source of light in the first billion years after the big bang, setting up a major confirmation for the James Webb Space Telescope in its rookie year.
NASA Awards Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2022
The NHFP exemplifies NASA's pursuit of excellence in astrophysics through support of some of the world's most promising and innovative young astrophysicists.
Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery
The ACS continues to deliver ground-breaking science.
Galaxy Collision Creates 'Space Triangle' in New Hubble Image
Interactions Between These Two Galaxies Is Creating a Tsunami of Starbirth
Puffy Planets Lose Atmospheres, Become Super-Earths
Worlds Around Other Stars Can Change Their Classification
Visualization Explores a Massive Star's Great Eruption
The Violent Star Eta Carinae Model Is Based On Multiwavelength Observations
Hubble Finds a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy
Dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 continues to make a big impact, defying astronomers' expectations
1,000-Light-Year-Wide Bubble Surrounding Earth Is Source of All Nearby, Young Stars
For the first time, astronomers have retraced the history of our galactic neighborhood, showing exactly how the young stars nearest to our solar system formed.
Our Milky Way May Be More Fluffy, Less Wiry
New research shows a section of the outer Milky Way is more clumpy, less well-organized than previously thought
Inspiring Awe of Hubble Space Telescope Brought to Dulles International Airport
New Exhibit Displaying Hubble Science ‘Brings the Universe Home’
Mini-Jet Found Near Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
Hubble Finds a Smoldering Remnant in a Blast From the Past
Hubble's Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System
Stunning Yearly Observations Reveal Changes to Gas Giants' Atmospheres
Hubble Celebrates Halloween With A Glowering, Dying Star
Creepy Look At A Star Weaving A Dust Web
Hubble Finds Evidence of Persistent Water Vapor in One Hemisphere of Europa
Ice Sublimating Off the Surface Replenishes a Tenuous Envelope
'Double' Galaxy Mystifies Hubble Astronomers
Galaxy Cluster's Gravity Produces Mirror Images of Distant Galaxy Behind It
Hubble Shows Winds in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Are Speeding Up
The Winds at the Outer Edge Are ‘Winning the Race’ in This Enormous Storm System
Hubble Snapshot of "Molten Ring" Galaxy Prompts New Research
A Classic "Einstein Ring" Is Produced Through the Power of a Natural Lens in Space
Hubble Finds Early, Massive Galaxies Running on Empty
"Dead" galaxies mysteriously ran out of fuel to make stars early in the universe.
Rerun of Supernova Blast Is Expected to Appear in 2037
Giant Galaxy Cluster Magnifies the Light from a Distant Supernova and Splits It into Multiple Images
Hubble Discovers Hydrogen-Burning White Dwarfs Enjoying Slow Aging
Stellar Dead-Enders Get A New Lease On Life
Comet ATLAS May Have Been a Blast from the Past
Doomed Celestial Visitor May Have Been a Piece of a Prehistoric Comet
Ground System for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Moves Into Development
STScI Will Host Roman’s Science Operations Center and Data Archive
Hubble Finds First Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
Oxygen Found on the Frozen World Is Linked to Sublimating Surface Ice
First Images from Rebooted Hubble: Astronomers Peer at Oddball Galaxies
These two peculiar galaxies are part of a program to survey oddball galaxies scattered across the sky.
Mystery of Galaxy's Missing Dark Matter Deepens
Precise Distance to Galaxy Bolsters Missing Dark Matter Claim
Astronomers Probe Layer-Cake Structure of Brown Dwarf's Atmosphere
Observations May Offer Insight into the Atmospheres of Giant Planets
Lopsided Galaxy NGC 2276
Magnificent Spiral Galaxy is Being Stretched by Gravity from Bypassing Neighbor
Hubble Tracks Down Fast Radio Bursts to Galaxies' Spiral Arms
These Brilliant Flares Originate from Young, Massive Galaxies.
Hubble Watches How a Giant Planet Grows
Exoplanet PDS 70b is gobbling up gas and dust as it continues to build mass.
Hubble Captures Giant Star on the Edge of Destruction
Petulant Star Ejects Spectacular Bubble of Glowing Gases
Space Telescope Science Institute Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
Home of Hubble Looks Forward to the Future
Hubble Spots Double Quasars in Merging Galaxies
Seeing Dual Quasars Is Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack
NASA Awards Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2021
NASA has selected 24 new Fellows for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP).
Hubble Shows Torrential Outflows from Infant Stars May Not Stop Them from Growing
Study Finds That Cavities Sculpted by Stellar Outflows Did Not Expand Over Time
NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 Restored
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was brought back online on Saturday, March 13th at approximately 7:00 p.m. EST. The instrument was shut down as part of the normal observatory...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Set to Resume Science Operations
NASA is working to return the Hubble Space Telescope to science operations after resolving a problem with a safeguard aboard. Hubble entered safe mode on Sunday, March 7, shortly after 4 a.m. EST, following detection...
Distant Planet May Be On Its Second Atmosphere, NASA's Hubble Finds
The Earth-sized exoplanet may have lost its original atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanism.
Hubble Solves Mystery of Monster Star's Dimming
The red hypergiant VY Canis Majoris is enshrouded in huge clouds of dust
Comet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter's Asteroids
Comet Comes in from the Cold and Finds an Off-Ramp on Its Sunward Journey
Hubble Uncovers Concentration of Small Black Holes
Collapsed Stars Hide Out In the Core of a Globular Cluster
Researchers Rewind the Clock to Calculate Age and Site of Supernova Blast
Light from Supernova Blast Reached Earth 1,700 Years Ago
New Horizons Spacecraft Answers Question: How Dark Is Space?
New measurements of the sky’s blackness show more light than can be accounted for by known galaxies.
Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once
A Roman Ultra Deep Field would collect millions of galaxies, including some of the rarest and most distant
Dark Storm on Neptune Reverses Direction, Possibly Shedding a Fragment
Researchers Puzzled at Storm's U-Turn and Sudden Appearance of New Dark Spot
Hubble Pins Down Weird Exoplanet with Far-Flung Orbit
Finding suggests that the long-sought Planet Nine—if it does exist—could have formed very early
Hubble Captures Unprecedented Fading of Stingray Nebula
Images spanning 20 years reveal disappearing nebula
Hubble Catches 'Shadow Play' of the Disk Around a Black Hole
Black Hole's Dust Ring May Be Casting Shadows From Heart of a Galaxy
NASA's Hubble Sees Unexplained Brightness from Colossal Explosion
Neutron-Star Collision Releases Puzzling Burst of Infrared Light
Hubble Launches Large Ultraviolet-Light Survey of Nearby Stars
Hundreds of Stars in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies Are Being Surveyed to Build an Invaluable Library of Spectral Templates for Future Research
Hubble Finds "Greater Pumpkin" Galaxy Pair
Colliding Galaxies Give a Creepy Look
New Survey Finds that Single Burst of Star Formation Created Milky Way’s Central Bulge
Result contradicts previous studies suggesting two or more episodes of star formation
Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade into Oblivion
Disappearing Supernova in Distant Galaxy Captured in Hubble Movie
Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter's Storms
Turbulent Storms Rage Across The Giant Planet
Hubble Observations Suggest a Missing Ingredient in Dark Matter Theories
Researchers Find a Surprising Gap Between Dark Matter Observations and Theories
Hubble Maps a Giant Halo Around the Andromeda Galaxy
The complex structure is layered, with two nested shells of gas
Hubble Snaps Close-Up of Celebrity Comet NEOWISE
First Images Captured of Comet After Sizzling Sun Flyby
Hubble Finds that Betelgeuse's Mysterious Dimming Is Due to a Traumatic Outburst
Hubble Detects Dense, Heated Material Moving Through the Star's Atmosphere
Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars
Hubble Uses Our Moon to Probe Earth’s Atmosphere During a Lunar Eclipse
Ground System for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Completes Major Review
STScI Will Host Roman’s Science Operations Center and Data Archive
Hubble Sees Summertime on Saturn
Giant Planet Reveals Glory of Its Rings and Cloud Belts
Hubble Sees a Cosmic Flapping 'Bat Shadow'
The shadow from an unseen, planet-forming disk flaps like a bat's wings
Hubble Provides Holistic View of Stars Gone Haywire
Stars Puffing Off Layers of Gas and Dust Yield New Revelations.
Hubble Makes Surprising Find in the Early Universe
Deep Space Quest Doesn't Find the First Stars, Pushing Back the Timeline of the Universe's Evolution.
Intense Flash from Milky Way's Black Hole Illuminated Gas Far Outside of Our Galaxy
Cataclysmic blast felt 200,000 light-years away
In Planet Formation, It's Location, Location, Location
The Westerlund 2 star cluster's raucous core is no place to form planets.
WFIRST Telescope Named For 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman
STScI Will Serve as the Roman Space Telescope’s Science Operations Center
Telescopes and Spacecraft Join Forces to Probe Deep into Jupiter's Atmosphere
Hubble and Gemini watch from afar, capturing high-resolution global views of Jupiter that are key to interpreting Juno's close-up observations of the planet.
Astronomers Find Jupiter-like Cloud Bands on Closest Brown Dwarf
Today’s weather forecast: partly cloudy with ammonia rain
No Blue Skies for Super-Hot Planet WASP-79b
Bloated, Seething World Has a Weird Atmosphere
Hubble Watches Comet ATLAS Disintegrate Into More Than Two Dozen Pieces
Doomed Deep-Space Visitor Falls Apart as It Approaches the Sun
Hubble Marks 30 Years in Space with Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth
Hubble Showcases a Vast Cosmic Undersea World Teeming with Stars
Exoplanet Apparently Disappears in Latest Hubble Observations
Fomalhaut b may be slowly expanding from the smashup that blasted a dissipating dust cloud into space.
Hubble Probes Alien Comet's Chemical Makeup
Carbon Monoxide Abundance Points to Birth Around Cooler Star
Hubble Finds Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black Hole
High-resolution imaging reveals black hole's hideout in extra-galactic star cluster
NASA Awards Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2020
The NHFP Is one of the highlights of NASA's Pursuit of excellence in space science, and preserves the legacy of NASA's previous postdoctoral fellowship programs – The Hubble, Einstein and Sagan Fellowships. ...
Quasar Tsunamis Rip Across Galaxies
Blistering Radiation from Active Black Hole Snowplows Immense Amounts of Mechanical Energy through Space
Slime Mold Simulations Used to Map the Dark Matter Holding the Universe Together
Feasting Behavior of Brainless Organisms Shows Astronomers Where to Point the Hubble Telescope
Hubble Team Wins the 2020 Michael Collins Trophy
The Operations People Behind the Space Telescope's 30 Years of Breakthrough Science are Honored by the National Air & Space Museum
Beyond the Brim, Sombrero Galaxy's Halo Suggests a Turbulent Past
Hubble Indicates the Stately Sombrero Underwent Major Mergers
NASA's Kepler Witnesses Vampire Star System Undergoing Super-Outburst
Archival data reveals earliest stages of a dramatic event
Goldilocks Stars Are Best Places to Look for Life
Orange Dwarf Stars Most Likely to Host Planets
Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe's Expansion
New Hubble Measurement Strengthens Discrepancy in Universe's Expansion Rate
Hubble Detects Smallest Known Dark Matter Clumps
Ghostly Dark Matter Uncovered in Small Concentrations by Cosmic Magnifying Glasses
NASA's Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy
Majestic Spiral Has Slowly Grown Over Billions of Years
NASA's Great Observatories Help Astronomers Build a 3D Visualization of Exploded Star
Movie Dissects the Nebula's Intricate Nested Structure
Simulated Image Demonstrates the Power of NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
A new simulated image of the Andromeda galaxy showcases WFIRST's unique combination of high resolution and wide field of view
'Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations
New Type of World is Unlike Anything Found in the Solar System
STScI Astronomers Kathryn Flanagan and Colin Norman Elected AAAS Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council has elected Kathryn Flanagan of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and Colin Norman of STScI and Johns Hopkins University, and...
Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Swings Past the Sun
Hubble Snaps the Best Close-ups Yet of Speedy Visitor from the Stars
Hubble Studies Gamma-Ray Burst with the Highest Energy Ever Seen
Mega-Blast From The Past Came From Distant Galaxy
A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy To Awaken
Blowtorch Jets From a Black Hole Drive Starbirth
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