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Hubble’s 31st Anniversary: the Telescope Captures Footage of One of the Brightest Stars on the Edge of Destruction

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s lower orbit in 1990, and it had some impressive achievements while aimed towards the depths of the Universe: it discovered two moons of Pluto (Hydra and Nix), it helped pin down the…

April 24, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

China Aims to Launch a New Telescope to Compete With Hubble

China has proved in recent years that it has a lot to say in the space exploration field. The Asian country even has a long history of studying the heavens. The supernova which created the Crab Nebula, for instance (or…

April 20, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Outstanding Discovery Made By NASA: Flickering Double Quasars

The good old Hubble Space Telescope is once again searching for the big and bright stuff across the Universe. It’s almost as NASA and the European Space Agency are planning to keep the 31-year-old telescope in the Earth’s orbit forever.…

April 6, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Newfound ‘Hot Jupiter’ Puzzles Astronomers by Lacking Clouds

For recent years, astronomers had been hunting down exoplanet with powerful telescopes. Not too many decades ago, scientists weren’t completely sure that there are any planets beyond our own solar system. Meanwhile, thousands of such space objects were discovered, and…

January 26, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Hubble’s Activity Explains The Missing Dark Matter from a Neighboring Galaxy

While astrophysicists from all over the world struggle to understand the origin of dark matter from many corners of the Universe, others are having a hard time figuring out where such a mysterious structure from a neighboring galaxy went. Thanks…

November 28, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

It’s Summertime On Saturn – New Image From Hubble Space Telescope

While we’re struggling here on Earth with the novel coronavirus and the disaster that the pandemic triggered, the summertime on Saturn is a bit different. It’s been just revealed that the Hubble Space Telescope was able to capture an incredibly…

July 28, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Exoplanet Fomalhaut b’s Disappearance From Hubble Space Telescope’s Sight Was Explained

Back in 2004 and 2006, the Hubble Space Telescope made quite the discovery. It succeeded in capturing a gaseous giant exoplanet dubbed Fomalhaut b orbiting a star. Such a finding is rare, as exoplanets are usually too faint and small…

April 21, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The Hubble Space Telescope Spotted The Whirlpool Galaxy Like Never Before

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a breathtaking space scenario back in 2005. NASA decided to re-released it to celebrate Hubble’s 30 years in space duty. The Whirpool Galaxy M51 was snapped in fantastic detail. The whirling galaxy, approximately 23 million…

April 12, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Hubble Space Telescope Snapped a Spiral Galaxy at 85 Million Light Years Away

The Hubble Space Telescope is sensational once again by capturing a spiral galaxy at 85 million light-years away. The GalaxyGalaxy’s location is in the Southern constellation of Mensa. It is looking like a frying pan with arms and a group…

December 26, 2019 · by Asheley Rice · 0

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Seen Buckyballs, Electrically-Charged Molecules, In Space

A team of researchers discovered a new type of electrically-charged molecules with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope. The fascinating molecule has the shape of a soccer ball, and the discovery may solve some of the dilemmas of the…

June 27, 2019 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0