Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble camera captures stunning new views of stars gone ‘haywire’

20 June 2020 Astronomy Now

New Hubble Space Telescope images of well-studied planetary nebulae reveal fast-changing structures and shed new light on how some stars go “haywire” near the ends of their lives, throwing off spectacular clouds and jets as they run out of nuclear fuel.

Hubble observes interstellar visitor

16 October 2019 Stephen Clark

The Hubble Space Telescope has returned an image of a comet that originated outside our Solar System, providing astronomers with their best view yet of an interstellar visitor.

Hubble’s BUFFALO project looks back at the big picture

13 September 2018 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope is re-visiting six huge galaxy clusters, taking wide-angle views to help astronomers understand more about how galaxies were distributed across the early universe and what governed their evolution.

Revisiting a jaw-dropping Hubble view of Saturn and its moons

10 September 2018 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this spectacular view of Saturn last June, showing six of the ringed planet’s moons, during an ongoing study of outer planet atmospheres. This view expands on an earlier version posted here in July.

Hubble catalogues star-forming regions in nearby galaxies

19 May 2018 Astronomy Now

To learn more about the processes behind star formation, the Hubble Space Telescope has examined 50 relatively nearby galaxies to compile the most comprehensive ultraviolet-light look at active star-birth regions.

Edge-on view highlights galaxy’s dust lanes, hides spiral structure

18 May 2018 Astronomy Now

As seen from Earth, galaxies can appear in any number of orientations, from face on, with spiral arms on glorious display, to edge on, with the arms hidden from view behind a flattened plane of stars and dust. While not as spectacular, perhaps, edge-on views provide key insights into galactic structure.

Hubble camera captures stunning new views of stars gone ‘haywire’

Hubble observes interstellar visitor

Hubble’s BUFFALO project looks back at the big picture

Revisiting a jaw-dropping Hubble view of Saturn and its moons

Hubble catalogues star-forming regions in nearby galaxies

Edge-on view highlights galaxy’s dust lanes, hides spiral structure

Hubble captures extremely remote galaxy cluster

Hubble uncovers the farthest star ever seen

Ancient ‘red and dead’ galaxy sheds light on big bang relics

Huge debris ring holds clues to planet formation around young star