Hazy red sunset on extrasolar planet |
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a fascinating new insight into the atmosphere of a planet in orbit around another star. The observations provide evidence of the presence of h...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:56:00 GMT |
A grand design in a galactic festoon |
The galaxy Messier 74 lies at a distance of over 30 million light years. In this latest image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope the enormous swirls of this stunning spiral galaxy arc across spa...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:07:00 GMT |
17P/Holmes is seen by Hubble! |
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured some images of the comet 17P/Holmes.The Hubble image at right, taken on 4 Nov., shows the heart of Comet 17P/Holmes. The central portion of the image has been s...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:21:00 GMT |
How are the Hubble images made? |
Here at ESA/Hubble we always receive questions on how the stunning Hubble images are made. Today we released a Hubblecast with lots of information on this topic. Watch it!
Hubblecast 10: Maki...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:43:00 GMT |
New Journal for Astronomy Communicators |
In response to an increasing need among the growing community of astronomy communicators, the International Astronomical Union is announcing the advent of a new journal called "Communicating Astronomy...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:49:00 GMT |
Unveiling the Veil Nebula |
Although we don't usually think about it, the stars twinkling in the night sky don't shine forever. How long a star lives depends on how big and heavy it is. The bigger the star, the shorter its life....
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:55:00 GMT |
Remove the Zodiac Sign from your profile |
This is a very useful tip if you don't want people out there to think you believe in astrology. MySpace displays your zodiac sign without asking you if you want it displayed or not, and I am sure that...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:53:00 GMT |
Hubble finds a ring of dark matter |
Hubblecast 05An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter that was formed long ago during a titanic collision b...
Posted by on Tue, 15 May 2007 12:14:00 GMT |
Hubblecast! |
Hehe, this is not a real player, at the moment it's just a picture... Stay tuned, a new Hubblecast is on the way! Dr. J is really impressive, he's been doing a great job since he joined our group a fe...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 13:49:00 GMT |
Night skies |
The winter is over! We've been having several sunny/starry days/nights in a row, which is quite impressive for me. I've never experienced anything like this before.These days I've been doing some othe...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:23:00 GMT |
