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Following the motion of an exoplanet
— 10 Jun 2010 18:28 GMTThis video sequence shows an artist's impression of the disc and the planet around the young star Beta Pictoris (c) ESO/L.…
Hubble witnesses spectacular flaring in extragalactic jet from M87's black hole
— 15 Apr 2009 03:27 GMTHubble astronomers have watched a knot in the jet of gas and radiation from M87's black hole that appears to brighten steadily…
Dramatically backlit dust in giant galaxy
— 7 Apr 2009 15:03 GMTZooming in on NGC 7049, a mysterious looking galaxy with globular clusters dotted throughout its halo (c) ESA/Hubble (M.…
Erratic black hole regulates itself
— 25 Mar 2009 18:00 GMTThis animation shows how radio jets may be suppressed in the micro- quasar GRS 1915. Material is being pulled from a red…
Quadruple Saturn moon transit snapped by Hubble
— 19 Mar 2009 14:12 GMTThis Hubble animation shows four of Saturn's moons as they circled their parent planet on 24 February 2009 (c) ESA/Hubble…
Exceptionally deep view of strange galaxy
— 7 Feb 2009 12:06 GMTZooming into NGC 4921, a spiral galaxy in the Coma Galaxy Cluster (c) ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser) and ESO (L. L. Christensen)…
Hubble telescope catches Ganymede going to the 'dark side'
— 18 Dec 2008 14:00 GMTThis movie shows Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, as it ducks behind the giant planet. Astronomers combined a series of…
Dark energy found stifling growth in Universe
— 17 Dec 2008 10:30 GMTThe simulation shows how the Universe has evolved from soon after the Big Bang to the present day. As the Universe expanded…
Tycho Brahe's 1572 supernova classified
— 3 Dec 2008 18:00 GMTThis animation illustrates how a light echo works and how it can be used for time travel. A supernova explosion acts like…
Fomalhaut b: The first directly observed exoplanet
— 13 Nov 2008 19:30 GMTThis artist's rendition shows a planet circling a star 16 times brighter than our sun. The planet is estimated to complete…