Tag Archive for 'Hubble'

Hubble Spots Unusual Binary Asteroid in Main Belt

Sep 21, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have spotted an unusual object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: two asteroids orbiting...

This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 6753, which lies in the constellation Pavo, about 148 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt.

Hubble Snaps Photo of Unusual Spiral Galaxy NGC 6753

Sep 18, 2017 by News Staff

NGC 6753 is a whirl of color in this remarkable image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — the bursts of blue throughout the spiral arms are...

This artist’s impression shows WASP-12b, an alien world as black as fresh asphalt, orbiting a star like our Sun. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Bacon, STScI.

WASP-12b: Hubble Spots Almost Completely Black Exoplanet

Sep 15, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the well-studied hot Jupiter WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear...

This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5398. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Observes Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5398

Sep 12, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a remarkable new picture of NGC 5398. This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the...

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5559, which lies in the constellation Boötes, about 252 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Looks at Stunning Spiral: NGC 5559

Sep 4, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5559. This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC...

This artist’s concept allows us to imagine what it would be like to stand on the surface of TRAPPIST-1f. Because this planet is thought to be tidally locked to its star, meaning the same face of the planet is always pointed at the star, there would be a region called the terminator that perpetually divides day and night. If the night side is icy, the day side might give way to liquid water in the area where sufficient starlight hits the surface. One of the unusual features of TRAPPIST-1 planets is how close they are to each other -- so close that other planets could be visible in the sky from the surface of each one. In this view, the planets in the sky correspond to TRAPPIST1e (top left crescent), d (middle crescent) and c (bright dot to the lower right of the crescents). TRAPPIST-1e would appear about the same size as the Moon and TRAPPIST1-c is on the far side of the star. The star itself, an ultra-cool dwarf, would appear about three times larger than our own Sun does in Earth’s skies. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Catlech.

TRAPPIST-1’s Outer Planets May Harbor Water, New Study Finds

Sep 1, 2017 by News Staff

In a research paper to appear in the Astronomical Journal (arXiv.org preprint), astronomers from MIT, the Geneva Observatory and elsewhere report that...

The two galaxies shown here, imaged by Hubble, are named NGC 5765A (the upper, red-tinted one) and NGC 5765B (the lower, blue-tinted one). Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Peculiar Galaxy Pair: NGC 5765

Aug 28, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a remarkable new image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as NGC 5765. The two galaxies shown here,...

This new image from Hubble shows the dwarf galaxy NGC 178. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Spies Dwarf Galaxy NGC 178

Aug 21, 2017 by News Staff

This image of the small galaxy NGC 178 comes courtesy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). This new image...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the dwarf spiral galaxy IC 1727. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Spots Highly Distorted Spiral Galaxy: IC 1727

Aug 14, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the dwarf spiral galaxy IC 1727. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the...

This image from Hubble’s WFC3 is likely the best of the dwarf galaxy NGC 5949. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Observes Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5949

Aug 7, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy NGC 5949, which is found in the constellation of Draco. This image from Hubble’s...

The top of WASP-121b’s atmosphere is heated to a blazing 4,600 degrees Fahrenheit. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Bacon, STSci.

Stratosphere Detected around Hot Jupiter WASP-121b

Aug 3, 2017 by News Staff

An international research team led by University of Exeter astronomer Dr. Tom Evans has revealed a stratosphere containing water and possibly oxides of...

This image from Hubble shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4656. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Snaps Image of Hockey Stick Galaxy

Jul 31, 2017 by Natali Anderson

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the hockey stick-shaped galaxy NGC 4656. This image from Hubble shows the spiral...

This composite image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 (left) and the elliptical galaxy NGC 1510 (right). Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Spies Cosmic ‘David and Goliath’ in Gravitational Dance

Jul 27, 2017 by News Staff

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features two stunning galaxies — the compact elliptical galaxy NGC 1510 and its colossal neighbor,...

This image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on board Hubble, shows the small irregular/spiral galaxy NGC 4248. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Observes NGC 4248

Jul 24, 2017 by Natali Anderson

NASA has released a stunning image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the irregular/spiral galaxy NGC 4248. This image, taken with the Wide...

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Martian Moon Phobos

Jul 21, 2017 by News Staff

When the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed Mars near opposition on May 12, 2016, Phobos — the larger and inner of the two natural satellites...

This image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4242. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Views Face-On Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 4242

Jul 17, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the face-on barred spiral galaxy NGC 4242. This image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on...

This image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 2500, which lies in the northern constellation of Lynx, about 32 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Barred Spiral Galaxy Image

Jul 10, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the nearby galaxy NGC 2500, also known as LEDA 22525 and IRAS 07581+5052. This image...

This artist’s illustration portrays what the gravitationally lensed galaxy SGAS 1110 might look like up close. A sea of young, blue stars is streaked with dark dust lanes and studded with bright pink patches that mark sites of star formation. SGAS 1110 is one of more than 70 studied as part of the Sloan Giant Arcs Survey, an imaging survey that searched 240 galaxy clusters to find new examples of gravitational lensing. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Z. Levay, STScI.

Hubble Finds Patches of Newborn Stars in Galaxy 11 Billion Light-Years from Earth

Jul 7, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a detailed image of an extremely distant, gravitationally lensed galaxy they believe...

In this image, Hubble has captured the brilliance of the spiral galaxy IC 342. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Sees ‘Hidden Galaxy’

Jul 3, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of the spiral galaxy IC 342. In this image, Hubble has captured the brilliance of the...

This image shows the galaxy 2XMM J143450.5+033843, which lies in the constellation Virgo, some 400 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Sees Distant Seyfert Galaxy

Jun 26, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of 2XMM J143450.5+033843, a galaxy that lurks within the Virgo constellation...

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