Hubble Space Telescope

Shuttle Atlantis Launch Schedule: 5-11-2009

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:30:47 -0500

Shuttle launch schedule of 2009 has reached to a new corner point today as Atlantis is scheduled for launch today at 2PM EST. Atlantis is set to launch at 2:01 p.m. EDT on a mission to upgrade the world's most famous telescope.

Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars

harminka — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:12:15 -0600

Two of our Galaxy's most massive stars have been scrutinised in an impressive view by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. They have, until recently, been shrouded in mystery, but the new image shows them in greater detail than ever before.

Hubble finds double Einstein ring

harminka — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:45:12 -0600

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull's-eye pattern.

NASA announces details of Hubble servicing mission

harminka — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:03:25 -0600

NASA scientists and a space shuttle astronaut today outlined details of a challenging mission that will repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope in 2008.

Testing time for instrument on Hubble's successor

harminka — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:46:28 -0600

A significant milestone for the Hubble Space Telescope successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), is on course to be reached before Christmas with the testing of the verification model of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

Hubble Space Telescope Mission Gets the Green Light

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:11:39 -0600

Bill Dillon, an avid amateur astronomer and past president of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) with many years of extensive hands-on experience, created a new first for amateur astronomy.

Hubble zooms in on heart of mystery comet

harminka — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:31:38 -0600

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a million-fold in a 24-hour period beginning October 23, 2007.

Hubble spies shells of sparkling stars around quasar

harminka — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:31:45 -0500

New images taken with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope – part of a research project led by UC Riverside’s Gabriela Canalizo – have revealed the wild side of an elliptical galaxy, nearly two billion light-years away, that previously had been considered mild-mannered.

Stellar fireworks through Hubble’s eyes

harminka — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:32:53 -0500

Nearly 12.5 million light-years away, in the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449, stellar fireworks on display have been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Stellar fireworks are ablaze in galaxy NGC 4449

harminka — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:18:49 -0500

Hundreds of thousands of vibrant blue and red stars are visible in this new image of galaxy NGC 4449 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Hot bluish white clusters of massive stars are scattered throughout the galaxy, interspersed with numerous dustier reddish regions of current star formation. Massive dark clouds of gas and dust are silhouetted against the flaming starlight.

Hubble's view of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672

harminka — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:24:09 -0500

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. This remarkable image provides a high definition view of the galaxy's large bar, its fields of star-forming clouds and dark bands of interstellar dust.

First 3-D map of the universe

harminka — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:45:20 -0600