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The result, announced in a new report publishing in the Astrophysical Journal, marks the latest in a long-running controversy over the Hubble constant, a key measure of the universe's age and ...
Neptune, the farthest planet from the Sun at 1.9 billion miles, cannot be seen without optical aid, and even then, only if ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 3511. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble ...
From mapping dark matter to refining the Hubble Constant, the rate at which the universe expands, the Hubble Space Telescope has been central to some of the most transformative discoveries of the past ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Decades of stunning images have continued to spark our imagination thanks to 35 years of the Hubble Space Telescope. A new era of space science began on April 24 ...
Hubble captured this dazzling view of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring dwarf galaxy shimmering with clouds of gas that resemble cotton candy. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray Hubble’s ...
The galaxy is a member of the NGC 3511 group, a small group of galaxies that also includes NGC 3513 and ESO 502-024. “From Hubble’s vantage point in orbit around Earth, NGC 3511 is tilted by about 70 ...
The "cotton-candy" clouds of gas and dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray) Quick facts ...
The V shape of the Hyades star cluster appears near the top, with the more compact Pleiades star cluster to the lower right. Credit: NASA/SwRI PUNCH Mission Begins With Striking First Images As NASA’s ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured detailed images of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy 160,000 light-years away, using multiple filters on the Wide Field Camera 3.
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Hubble observations of spiral galaxy NGC 1317 reveal a bright blue ring containing hot, young stars. Combined data from Hubble and ALMA link these young stars to ...
"It was yet another miracle save for Voyager." NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been used since 2004 and were ...