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fisheye view of space shuttle payload bay with a robotic arm at center. in foreground is hubble space telescope with two solar panels floating into space

New private plan to rescue Hubble Space Telescope may also target space junk

By Elizabeth Howell published

A second consortium has plans to possibly boost the Hubble Space Telescope and extend its science mission, after SpaceX raised the idea in 2022.

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A monstrous cluster of galaxies lurks at the heart of this Hubble Space Telescope image.

Hubble Telescope gazes into the heart of a monstrous galaxy cluster (photo)

By Robert Lea published

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope gazes into the lair of a cosmic leviathan, a monstrous cluster of galaxies located nine billion light-years away in the constellation Draco.

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This illustration is based on Hubble Space Telescope images of gas and dust discs encircling the young star TW Hydrae. We have an oblique view of three concentric rings of dust and gas. At the centre is the bright white glow of the central star. The reddish-coloured rings are inclined to each other and are therefore casting dark shadows across the outermost ring.

Hubble telescope spies 'peek-a-boo' exoplanets amid star's tilted dust rings

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers are watching a shadow sweep across the face of a vast disc of planet-birthing gas and dust surrounding the star TW Hydrae.

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galaxy in deep space surrounded by other galaxies of different shapes and sizes

Hubble telescope eyes galactic site of distant star explosion (video)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The Hubble Space Telescope is on the track of a supernova that exploded in the region of a galaxy in 2020.

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Portion of an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope showing NGC 1333, a reflection nebula located 960 light-years away in the Perseus molecular cloud.

Hubble Telescope celebrates 33rd anniversary with gorgeous photo of nearby stellar nursery

By Samantha Mathewson published

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 1333. Bright stars shine through clouds of dust and gas, showcasing the chaotic nature of star formation.

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The somewhat amorphous spiral galaxy UGC 2890 appears side-on in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, with bright foreground stars studding the image. This galaxy, which lies around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis, hosted a powerful supernova explosion that astronomers observed in 2009.

How are Hubble Space Telescope images made?

By Robert Lea published

Reference How does the Hubble Space Telescope view the universe, and how are its images translated to a form we can understand?

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An image of the Cepheid variable star RS Puppis.

'Hubble trouble' could deepen with new measurement of the universe's expansion

By Robert Lea published

Cosmologists have a problem: Their measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe don't agree. And a new, highly accurate measurement of variable stars could deepen this 'Hubble trouble.'

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The somewhat amorphous spiral galaxy UGC 2890 appears side-on in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, with bright foreground stars studding the image. This galaxy, which lies around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis, hosted a powerful supernova explosion that astronomers observed in 2009.

Hubble Telescope eyes aftermath of supernova in distant galaxy (video)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of a distant galaxy while on a quick break from its usual observations.

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a colorful galaxy-like object in deep space

Hubble telescope spies mysterious celestial object that defies classification

By Stefanie Waldek published

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged celestial object Z-229-15, which is simultaneously classified as a Seyfert galaxy, an active galactic nucleus (AGN), and a quasar.

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Uranus is growing a smoggy cap around its north pole, the Hubble Space Telescope reveals.

Uranus grows a smoggy cap while Jupiter's Red Spot keeps shrinking, Hubble telescope reveals (photos)

By Tereza Pultarova published

New images of Uranus and Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescopes reveal slow weather changes on these giant, distant planets.

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