Hubble Telescope captures interacting galaxy pair

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 12:31

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a vivid image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142.

NASA`s Hubble discovers dying asteroid

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 14:13

A mysterious object discovered by NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope in 2010 has been identified as a dying asteroid.

NASA`s Hubble maps ejected supernova material in 3D

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 11:16

A flash of light from a stellar outburst observed by NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova.

NASA`s Hubble Telescope to use rare stellar alignment for planet hunt

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 15:23

NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.

Hubble reveals Ring Nebula`s true shape

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 10:54

New observations by NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the real shape of the Ring Nebula.

Hubble finds dead stars `polluted` with Earth-like planetary debris

Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 18:44

The NASA/ ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found signs of Earth-like planets in the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster.

Starbursts hit entire galaxies

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 18:52

Bursts of star birth have a significantly greater effect on their host galaxy than previously thought, according to a new study.

Hubble photographs newly discovered comet ISON

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 12:33

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a recently discovered, highly active comet that will skim 730,000 miles above the Sun`s surface on Nov. 28.

New images of Horsehead Nebula unveiled

Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 12:08

ESA`s Herschel space observatory and the NASA/ ESA Hubble space telescope have captured new images of the Horsehead Nebula and its turbulent environment.

Most distant blazar may hold new mystery

Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 14:28

New observations of the blazar known as PKS 1424+240 showed that it is the most distant known source of very-high-energy gamma rays, but its emission spectrum now appears highly unusual in light of the new data.

Yellow supergiant star`s supernova explosion detected

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 14:28

Astronomers independently detected a yellow supergiant star at a location closely matching that of the supernova SN 2011dh in the M51 galaxy through images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble finds most distant supernova yet

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 11:07

Using data gathered by NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers at The Johns Hopkins University has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances.