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Hubble Views a Vast Galactic Neighborhood

January 5, 2024

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This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a richness of spiral galaxies: the large, prominent spiral galaxy on the right side of the image is NGC 1356; the two apparently smaller spiral galaxies flanking it are LEDA 467699 (above it) and LEDA 95415 (very close at its left) respectively; and finally, IC 1947 sits along the…
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Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb

December 22, 2023

Naomi Hartono

The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. On Dec. 25, NASA will celebrate the two-year launch anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope – the largest and most powerful space observatory in history. The clarity…
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Hubble Sights a Galaxy with ‘Forbidden’ Light

December 22, 2023

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This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is located about 275 million light-years from Earth. In addition to being a well-defined spiral galaxy, MCG-01-24-014 has an extremely energetic core known as an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and is categorized as a Type-2 Seyfert galaxy. Seyfert galaxies, along with quasars, host one of the most common…
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Hubble Captures a Cluster in the Cloud

December 8, 2023

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This striking Hubble Space Telescope image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC lies about 157,000 light-years from Earth and is a so-called satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning that the two galaxies are gravitationally bound. Globular clusters are very stable, tightly bound clusters…
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Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1

December 1, 2023

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In the pre-dawn hours on Dec. 2, 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a critical mission to repair NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble was designed to be serviced in space with components that astronauts can slide in and out of place. But prior to launch, no one expected…
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Hubble Views a Double Cluster of Glowing Galaxies

December 1, 2023

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This Hubble image features a massive cluster of brightly glowing galaxies, first identified as Abell 3192. Like all galaxy clusters, this one is suffused with hot gas that emits powerful X-rays, and it is enveloped in a halo of invisible dark matter. All this unseen material – not to mention the many galaxies visible in this image…
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Returns to Science Operations

November 29, 2023

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Updated, Dec. 8, 2023 NASA restored the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope to science operations Friday, Dec. 8. The telescope had paused science observations Nov. 23 due to an issue with one of its gyros. The spacecraft is in good health and once again operating using all three of its gyros. Hubble’s two main cameras, Wide…
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NASA Scientific Balloons Ready for Flights Over Antarctica

November 27, 2023

Olivia F. Littleton

NASA kicks off its annual Antarctic Long Duration Balloon Campaign around Dec. 1, which includes three scientific balloon flights planned for launch from the long-duration balloon (LDB) Camp near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. NASA’s stadium-sized, zero-pressure balloons will support a total of five missions on the long-duration flights with one mission vying to break NASA’s heavy-lift,…
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Hubble Images Galaxy with an Explosive Past

November 17, 2023

NASA

This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 941, which lies about 55 million light-years from Earth. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) collected the data that created this image. Beautiful NGC 941 is undoubtedly the main attraction in this view; however, the hazy-looking galaxy was not the motivation for collecting the data. That…
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NASA’s Hubble Measures the Size of the Nearest Transiting Earth-Sized Planet

November 16, 2023

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has measured the size of the nearest Earth-sized exoplanet that passes across the face of a neighboring star. This alignment, called a transit, opens the door to follow-on studies to see what kind of atmosphere, if any, the rocky world might have. The diminutive planet, LTT 1445Ac, was first discovered by…
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Hubble Views a Vast Galactic Neighborhood

Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb

Hubble Sights a Galaxy with ‘Forbidden’ Light

Hubble Captures a Cluster in the Cloud

Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1

Hubble Views a Double Cluster of Glowing Galaxies

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Returns to Science Operations

NASA Scientific Balloons Ready for Flights Over Antarctica

Hubble Images Galaxy with an Explosive Past

NASA’s Hubble Measures the Size of the Nearest Transiting Earth-Sized Planet

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