Hubble Telescope : Science World Report

Feb 11, 2014 08:44 PM EST

Hubble Telescope Discovers Youngest Galaxy in the Universe

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has helped astronomers discover one of the youngest galaxies in the universe, which has been labeled Abell2744_Y1. It is believed to have formed 650 million years after the Big Bang.

Jan 10, 2014 10:00 AM EST

Hubble Captures Stunning New Image of Tarantula Nebula

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of deep inside the Tarantula Nebula. The picture reveals hundreds of thousands of stars and protostars embedded inside the nebula and gives scientists a better view of the star factory.

Jan 10, 2014 06:51 AM EST

Hubble Captures Spectacular New Image of a Galaxy with Two Hearts

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of a galaxy with two hearts. The picture shows the spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, set amidst the starry backdrop of space.

Jun 20, 2013 02:35 PM EDT

Hubble Telescope Captures Two Colliding Galaxies Conducting Deadly Dance

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new, spectacular image of two galaxies colliding. The interacting galaxies, known as Arp 142, are currently conducting a dance that will either lead to their eventual merge--or their mutual destruction.

May 23, 2013 01:54 PM EDT

Ring Nebula's True Form Revealed in Image from NASA's Hubble Telescope

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a new image of the Ring Nebula that shows the old, dying star's true shape.

May 03, 2013 10:59 PM EDT

Stellar Red Explosion Cloud of Supernova Imaged by Hubble

This picture-perfect blood-red explosion shell is what remained after a powerful supernova 600 years earlier, and is now imaged in all its beauty by space telescope Hubble. There are several types of supernovae. The source of this gas cloud, known as SNR 0519, is known to have been a white dwarf sta...

Apr 23, 2013 04:11 PM EDT

Spectacular Comet ISON Pictured and Analyzed by Hubble Space Telescope

Eagerly awaited and spectacular comet C/ISON was now imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope on April 10 using the Wide Field Camera 3 on its approach towards the sun, when the comet was at about the distance of Jupiter: 621 million kilometers from the Sun and 634 million kilometers from the Earth.

Feb 26, 2013 05:20 PM EST

Whirlpool Galaxy M51 is a Real Beauty

The Whirlpool Galaxyis one of astronomy's galactic darlings. Located only about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), the Whirlpool's beautiful face-on view and closeness to Earth allow astronomers to study a classic spiral galaxy's structure and star-fo...

Feb 25, 2013 05:11 PM EST

Another Eye Of Sauron Nebula

This planetary nebula, dryly called ESO 456-67, might evoke a much more colorful naming by some, owing to it resembling a fiery eye in the sky--and alluding to something from The Lord of the Rings.

Feb 25, 2013 11:09 AM EST

Wild Star Shoots Out Glowing Jet

The young and wild star HL Tau seen in this Hubble image and just 460 light-years away from us, is blowing out a bright jet of glowing material trailed by an intricate, orange-hued plume of gas and dust.

Feb 05, 2013 01:30 PM EST

Stellar Winds Form a Bow Shock in Orion Nebula

Another magnificent image made by the Hubble space telescope shows a small segment of the vast stellar nursery in Orion with its beautiful clouds. It is filled with a myriad of fluid shapes associated with star formation, formed by the radiation and winds emitted by stars in various directions and i...

Jan 22, 2013 01:47 PM EST

Hubble Telescope Picture Shows Gorgeous Star Cluster

Another impressive Hubble telescope picture shows a large star cluster, made possible by combining ultraviolet, visible and infrared observations made by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 into a composite image. Such a filter set lets the telescope "see" colors slightly further beyond red and the violet ...