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"We were surprised by the streams of light that were visible near the center of the galaxies, as nothing similar has been ...
A new way to measure the length of Uranus’s day could also help determine the rotation rates of other celestial ...
The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world ...
Astronomers have reached deeper into the heart of a brilliant cosmic engine than ever before, using NASA’s Hubble Space ...
When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...
With its origins tracing back to the 1970s, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery on ...
The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such ...
Uranus seemed like a fairly calm, blue-green planet. But new findings from Hubble paint a different picture of Uranus.
The photo at left is an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, which lies about 67 million light ...
The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.