
NASA to Change How It Points Hubble Space Telescope
Jun 4, 2024 · NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode May 24 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue, suspending science operations. Hubble's instruments are stable, and the …
NASA's Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy
Hubble's detailed look at the resolved stars will help astronomers piece together the galaxy's past history that includes mergers with smaller satellite galaxies.
NASA Releases Hubble Image Taken in New Pointing Mode
Jun 18, 2024 · "Hubble's new image of a spectacular galaxy demonstrates the full success of our new, more stable pointing mode for the telescope," said Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, senior project scientist for …
NASA's Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early ...
Sep 17, 2024 · The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. …
Andromeda M31 PHAST Mosaic Video | HubbleSite
This video opens with the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light …
Cat's Eye Nebula | HubbleSite
Subsequent Hubble images showed a bull's-eye pattern of eleven or more concentric rings, or shells, of dust around the Cat's Eye. Each "ring" is actually the edge of a spherical bubble seen projected onto …
The Hubble Tuning Fork – Classification of Galaxies | HubbleSite
As one of the first steps towards a coherent theory of galaxy evolution, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble, developed a classification scheme of galaxies in 1926.
Hubble Sees Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope continue following the aftermath of the cosmic collision. A surprise is the discovery of several dozen boulders lifted off the asteroid after the smashup. In …
Hubble's Planetary Nebula Gallery | HubbleSite
[Bottom left] - Hubble 5 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or bipolar (two-lobed) nebula. The heat generated by fast winds causes each of the lobes to expand, much like a pair of balloons with …
NASA's Hubble Traces Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxy Using Stellar Motions
Jul 11, 2024 · By analyzing NASA's Hubble Space Telescope data gathered over an almost two-decade span, astronomers have charted stellar movements within a galaxy and discovered the likely …