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Hubble has spent 35 years in orbit! Celebrate with an array of ...

2025-04-23T14:08:46Z

Hubble has spent 35 years in orbit! Celebrate with an array of compelling images recently taken by Hubble: Mars, dramatic views of stellar birth and death, and a magnificent spiral galaxy: bit.ly/4jjsAs7

By repeatedly training Hubble on Uranus over 20 years, ...

2025-03-31T17:04:31Z

By repeatedly training Hubble on Uranus over 20 years, astronomers have gained new understanding of the ice world’s complex atmosphere: https://bit.ly/4hVo8ih

Dr. Robert Williams, former director of the Space Telescope ...

2025-03-27T15:04:04Z

Dr. Robert Williams, former director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, recalls when the Hubble Space Telescope "looked back in time" and peered into a small patch of empty sky for ten days straight.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0l039dj/the-image-that-changed-our-view-of-the-universe-forever

#NASAWebb captured Lynds 483 in unprecedented detail. Two forming ...

2025-03-07T15:05:35Z

#NASAWebb captured Lynds 483 in unprecedented detail. Two forming stars hidden in one pixel at the center are responsible for sending out these vibrant jets and outflows. Examine the twists and arcs in these ejections up close: https://webbtelescope.pub/4h538oK

The Kuiper Belt object 148780 Altjira, already known to be a ...

2025-03-04T16:05:00Z

The Kuiper Belt object 148780 Altjira, already known to be a binary system shows signs of containing a third member in new Hubble observations: https://bit.ly/3EQtQnK

#NASAWebb orbits the Sun near Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2 (L2), ...

2025-02-19T14:42:00Z

#NASAWebb orbits the Sun near Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2 (L2), approximately 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) from Earth. This makes it possible for Webb to remain in constant communication with Earth. Learn more about L2: https://webbtelescope.pub/3BY6H1x

Bullseye! Researchers using Hubble found a massive galaxy ...

2025-02-04T15:04:09Z

Bullseye! Researchers using Hubble found a massive galaxy rippling with nine star-filled rings after an “arrow,” the blue dwarf galaxy to its center-left, plunged through its core 50 million years ago. A thin trail of gas still links the pair: https://bit.ly/4hcX52n

The largest photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, assembled from ...

2025-01-16T19:24:04Z

The largest photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, assembled from Hubble observations, has been unveiled. It took more than 10 years to collect data for this colorful portrait of our neighboring galaxy and was created from more than 600 snapshots: https://bit.ly/405MsbK #AAS245

#NASAWebb has spotted a reverberating light echo spreading across ...

2025-01-14T19:40:45Z

#NASAWebb has spotted a reverberating light echo spreading across space. As a light pulse travels through space, it illuminates previously unseen material, revealing intricate structures resembling wood grain: https://webbtelescope.pub/422ET6Z #AAS245

Applications are open for the Space Astronomy Summer Program ...

2025-01-07T13:29:24Z

Applications are open for the Space Astronomy Summer Program (SASP) at STScI.

Every year, a dozen highly motivated college students work individually with STScI researchers and staff on science projects. Learn more and apply: https://www.stsci.edu/opportunities/space-astronomy-summer-program

All four of the outer planets have deep atmospheres and no solid ...

2024-12-10T15:52:36Z

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All four of the outer planets have deep atmospheres and no solid surfaces. They have their own unique weather systems, some with colorful bands of multicolored clouds, and with mysterious, large storms that pop up or linger for many years, like Jupiter. (3/8)

With wavelengths spanning from ultraviolet to near-infrared ...

2024-12-10T15:51:59Z

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With wavelengths spanning from ultraviolet to near-infrared light, Hubble is the only telescope that can provide high spatial resolution and image stability for global studies to help constrain the underlying mechanics of weather and climate systems of these planets. (2/8)

Hubble just celebrated a decade of tracking our solar system’s ...

2024-12-10T15:51:43Z

Hubble just celebrated a decade of tracking our solar system’s outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus and Neptune—as seen in this montage of observations taken since 2014. (1/8) 🧵

The Sombrero Galaxy stuns in a new portrait from #NASAWebb: ...

2024-11-25T15:10:06Z

The Sombrero Galaxy stuns in a new portrait from #NASAWebb:
https://webbtelescope.pub/3CzPHPc

In addition to exploring the far reaches of the universe, ...

2024-10-11T14:41:30Z

In addition to exploring the far reaches of the universe, #NASAWebb is used for science in our solar system, including this image of Neptune, with detail of its delicate rings and methane-ice clouds. Discover the Solar System with Webb: https://webbtelescope.pub/47v4JRE

Astronomers recently used Uranus as a proxy for an exoplanet, ...

2024-10-09T18:37:40Z

Astronomers recently used Uranus as a proxy for an exoplanet, comparing high-resolution images from Hubble to the smaller view from the New Horizons spacecraft.

What they found can help inform future missions designed to image far-flung planets: https://bit.ly/3Y8zJE1

A newly discovered triply-lensed supernova found using #NASAWebb ...

2024-10-01T15:09:33Z

A newly discovered triply-lensed supernova found using #NASAWebb is helping astronomers better understand the rate at which the universe is expanding: https://webbtelescope.pub/3ZBtcmC

Using Hubble, astronomers have found more black holes in the ...

2024-09-17T14:19:01Z

Using Hubble, astronomers have found more black holes in the early universe than previously thought. They went black hole hunting in the landmark Hubble Ultra Deep Field, first taken in 2004, and in following observations to look for black holes: https://bit.ly/4efOl9Q

Scientists used #NASAWebb to observe our Extreme Outer Galaxy, a ...

2024-09-12T14:04:30Z

Scientists used #NASAWebb to observe our Extreme Outer Galaxy, a region bursting at the seams with activity.

Find:
⭐ young stars
💨 jets of material
🌌 background galaxies
✨ foreground stars

Learn more about the fringes of our Milky Way: bit.ly/3Xl0F2N

Astronomers used Hubble and Webb telescopes to observe this ...

2024-09-09T18:16:49Z

Astronomers used Hubble and Webb telescopes to observe this galaxy cluster, which acts like a magnifying glass because the cluster is so massive it warps the fabric of space-time. This allows us to see enhanced detail in much more distant galaxies behind the cluster. (1/6)

Supernovas like Supernova 1987A, seen at center, not only enrich ...

2024-09-03T13:02:42Z

Supernovas like Supernova 1987A, seen at center, not only enrich their surroundings with many elements, but also trigger the formation of new stars. This image was captured by #Hubble for the supernova’s 30th anniversary: https://bit.ly/4fD6Y9l

This Hubble image of interacting galaxies, collectively known as ...

2024-08-30T14:28:22Z

This Hubble image of interacting galaxies, collectively known as Arp 142, provides an example of how a galaxy’s structure can be disrupted. The gravitational interactions with the lower galaxy stretch the gas and stars of the upper galaxy into long tails: https://bit.ly/460JDd4

Two observatories united to create this detailed view of the Ring ...

2024-08-29T15:52:12Z

Two observatories united to create this detailed view of the Ring Nebula. Hubble’s crisp vision defines the colorful, detailed view at the center, while the Large Binocular Telescope reveals faint, scallop-shaped material surrounding the ring: https://bit.ly/3zFuSjO

NEW: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft measured the feeble glow ...

2024-08-28T17:07:40Z

NEW: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft measured the feeble glow that comes from myriad galaxies filling the universe. The finding has settled a long-standing mystery about the source of background light: https://bit.ly/3X5XQ5D

When an astronomer spies stars or gas moving with speeds or ...

2024-08-09T15:21:06Z

When an astronomer spies stars or gas moving with speeds or temperatures suggesting they are orbiting something massive and small, it’s a clue that a black hole is nearby. Check out what scientists watch out for in their search for black holes: https://webbtelescope.pub/3MZtygj