News articles tagged with 'Hubble'
NASA's Hubble confirms that galaxies are the ultimate recyclers
— 18 Nov 2011 17:09 | AstronomyNew observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are expanding astronomers' understanding of the ways in which galaxies continuously recycle immense volumes of hydrogen gas and heavy…
Hubble spots a celestial bauble
— 14 Dec 2010 20:18 | AstronomyHubble has spotted a festive bauble of gas in our neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Formed in the aftermath of a supernova explosion that took place four centuries ago,…
Hubble data used to look 10,000 years into the future
— 27 Oct 2010 10:44 | AstronomyThe globular star cluster Omega Centauri has caught the attention of sky watchers ever since the ancient astronomer Ptolemy first catalogued it 2,000 years ago. Ptolemy, however, thought…
Breaking waves in the stellar lagoon
— 22 Sep 2010 17:48 | AstronomyThe Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dramatic view of gas and dust sculpted by intense radiation from hot young stars deep in…
NASA's Hubble harvests distant solar system objects
— 14 Sep 2010 11:01 | AstronomyBeyond the orbit of Neptune reside countless icy rocks known as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). One of the biggest, Pluto, is classified as a dwarf planet. The region also supplies…
Hubble observations of supernova reveal composition of 'star guts' pouring out
— 3 Sep 2010 13:25 | AstronomyObservations made with NASA's newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope of a nearby supernova are allowing astronomers to measure the velocity and composition of 'star guts' being ejected…
NGC 4696: A cosmic question mark
— 13 Aug 2010 07:18 | AstronomyThis picture, taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, is not just a beautiful snapshot of NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster (galaxy cluster Abell 3526). It…
Discovery of Saturn's auroral heartbeat
— 5 Aug 2010 09:40 | AstronomyAn international team of scientists led by Dr Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester has discovered that Saturn's aurora, an ethereal ultraviolet glow which illuminates Saturn's…
Hyperfast star was booted from Milky Way
— 23 Jul 2010 10:11 | AstronomyA hundred million years ago, a triple-star system was travelling through the bustling centre of our Milky Way galaxy when it made a life-changing misstep. The trio wandered too close…
Hubble snaps sharp image of cosmic concoction
— 14 Jul 2010 11:28 | AstronomyStrangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colourful background of glowing gas in this newly released Hubble image. The star-forming region…