Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of ...
It essentially made Hubble into a new telescope. "ACS has roughly ten times the discovery power of the previous camera," says Mario Livio, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in ...
It's 30 years ago to the day that the Hubble telescope was launched - and to celebrate its birthday, the veteran observatory has produced another astonishing image of the cosmos. This one is of a ...
Cropped view of R Aquarii binary star system and nebula as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope ... R Aquarii looks like a piece of art, like staring into the swirls inside a glass marble.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope view of the binary star system R Aquarii, one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. | Credit: NASA, ESA ...