Engineers are testing workarounds to recover from a data handling glitch aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has put the observatory in ‘safe mode,’ suspending science operations.
A 250-light-year-wide superbubble in an emission nebular hints at unseen processes at work to carve out a void in glowing clouds of hydrogen gas an dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Engineers are troubleshooting command and data timing issues aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that have temporarily knocked the observatory out of action.
The Hubble Space Telescope provides an intriguing Halloween view of the dusty shroud enveloping a carbon-rich star burning through the last of its nuclear fuel.
Vast clouds of gas and dust shrouding the luminous blue variable star AG Carinae are revealed in all their subtle glory in new views from the Hubble Space Telescope that reprise the observatory’s 21st anniversary image.
M22, M13, Omega Centauri and other densely-populated globular clusters get most of the attention, but even sparsely-populated globulars provide rich fodder for the Hubble Space Telescope.
A tilted spiral galaxy, showing off beautifully symmetric arms tightly wrapped around a brilliant core, provides a spectacular target for the Hubble Space Telescope.