WASHINGTON — A problem with the Hubble Space Telescope has renewed discussion about whether and how NASA might approve a private mission to reboost and potentially repair the spacecraft. NASA announced Nov. 29 that Hubble was in a safe mode because of a problem with one of its three operational […]
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NGC 685 is about 58 million light-years from Earth. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)) Some 58 million light-years from Earth, the NGC 685 galaxy appears to be spinning like a top in the depths of space. The […]
WASHINGTON — NASA is considering cutting the budget of two of its biggest space telescopes as it faces broader spending reductions for its astrophysics programs. In an Oct. 13 presentation to the National Academies’ Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mark Clampin, director of NASA’s astrophysics division, said he was studying […]
No matter how many galaxy images the Hubble Space Telescope procures, there really is no diminishing return. And there’s something about the observatory’s latest muse, a realm known as NGC 6951, that feels particularly lovely. I’m not sure whether it’s the angle — we’re looking straight into its heart — […]
A new Hubble Space Telescope image shines a spotlight on a faraway snake-like galaxy whose swirling arms feature new and old stars. Light from this galaxy started its journey to Earth roughly 80 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs died out. The image, released as part of NASA’s Hubble […]
A mysterious cosmic explosion created a brilliant flash of light in the space between two galaxies over 3 billion light-years away. The optical flash, which was one of the brightest bursts of blue light in the universe but lasted only a few days, is the latest example of a rare […]
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a mysterious explosion of light in an “unexpected place” — deepening an ongoing mystery. The event is a phenomenon that scientists call — or LFBOTs, for short — that shine intensely in blue light, peaking and fading again in just days. This […]
If you thought imagining the scale of our sun is stressful — it’s 333,000 times more massive than the entire Earth — you’ll be pleased to know the Hubble Space Telescope has reminded us of something even bigger. There’s a galaxy out in space that’s 1.1 trillion times more massive […]