NASA's Hubble Space Telescope creates largest photomosaic ever made of "train wreck" Andromeda galaxy with over 2.5 billion pixels
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...
NASA celebrates Edwin Hubble's discovery of a new universe
For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
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NASA Hubble Space Telescope spots cosmic eye staring straight back at it from deep space
Named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, the telescope has two primary camera systems to capture its stunning images of the cosmos – the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Wide Field Camera 3 ...
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Hubble Telescope images combined into giant mosaic of neighboring Andromeda Galaxy
Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...
How Southworth Planetarium became the stage for a new play
The stars aligned for the planetarium's dome to become the backdrop for four readings of 'REDshift,' by playwright Chalmers ...
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Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent 'pale blue dot' (image)
Hubble captured an exploding star about 650 million light-years from Earth. The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation ...
7 Most beautiful deep space images shared by NASA
Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...
A rare look at NASA’s next sharp-eyed space telescope
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...
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Hubble budget cuts could impact science and mission operations
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to the observatory, project officials warn.