Hubble Space Telescope : Science World Report

Jan 08, 2014 09:05 AM EST

NASA Telescopes Spot Four Ultra-Bright Young Galaxies in the Early Universe

Astronomers have made a new discovery using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope. They've found and characterized four unusually bright galaxies as they appeared more than 13 billion years ago--just 500 million years after the Big Bang.

Jan 07, 2014 11:57 PM EST

Faraway and Yet Unseen Galaxies Spotted by Hubble's First Frontier Field

The first of a set of unprecedented, super-deep views of the universe from an ambitious collaborative program called The Frontier Fields was released at the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Dec 18, 2013 06:47 AM EST

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Spectacular Images of Pulsating Star

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a series of new and spectacular images. It's caught the variable star RS Puppis over a period of five weeks, showing the star growing brighter and dimmer as it pulsates.

Nov 19, 2013 05:48 PM EST

Rescuing the Hubble Space Telescope: Most Complex Space Repair in History Remembered

NASA crewmembers reflect on the most complex space repair in history.

Aug 29, 2013 04:08 PM EDT

Hubble Sees a Cosmic Caterpillar

This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust resembles a caterpillar on its way to a feast. But the meat of the story is not only what this cosmic caterpillar eats for lunch, but also what's eating it. Harsh winds from extremely bright stars are blasting ultraviolet radiation at this "wann...

Jul 19, 2013 10:35 AM EDT

NASA’s Hubble Reveals Link Between Stars' Age and Their Orbits in Dense Cluster

With the help of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have determined the orbital motion of two distinct populations of stars in an ancient globular star cluster.