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Hubble Spotted Something 'Scary'
A hypnotizing vortex? A peek into a witch’s cauldron? A giant space-spider web? In reality, it’s a look at the red giant star CW Leonis as photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — just in time for celebrating Halloween with creepy...
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Can You #SpotHubble?
Hubble is more than a science spacecraft; it’s a cultural phenomenon! Visit nasa.gov/hubble for more information on how you can share your images of Hubble in everyday life on social media with the hashtag #SpotHubble. Credit: NASA's...
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Brand New Hubble Observation Teaches Us More About Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous...
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Virtual Tour of the Hubble Control Center: Operations Support Room
Step into the Operations Support Room, where the Hubble flight team investigates spacecraft anomalies and verifies new procedures. This is part 3 of 5 of a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope’s home for mission...
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One Image, One Million Galaxies
One of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which unveiled myriad galaxies across the universe, stretching back to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang. Hubble peered at a single...
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Sonification of Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014)
This sonification of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014) image plays a note for each galaxy when it emitted the light captured in this image. The farther away the galaxy is, the longer its light has traveled before reaching the Hubble...
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"Pillars of Creation" Explanation for Kate
This video is my attempt to help my wife understand the Pillars of Creation. In doing so I show where they are in the Eagle Nebula, define a lightyear, determine how far it is from the Earth to the Sun, demonstrate the speed of sound,...
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Sonification of NGC 2392
About 5,000 light-years from Earth, the stunning nebula NGC 2392 formed after the demise of a star like our Sun. In this sonification, the image is scanned clockwise like a radar. The radius is mapped to pitch, so light farther from the...
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Hubble’s 30th Year in Orbit
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two stunning nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to uncover the...
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NASA | Jupiter in 4k Ultra HD
New imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra HD format) are the first products to come from a program to study the...
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Hubble’s 28th Anniversary
On April 24, 2018, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 28th year in orbit. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to expand humanity’s knowledge of the universe. These are a few science achievements from Hubble’s latest year...
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Hubble Observes Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Changing
Like the speed of an advancing race car driver, the winds in the outermost “lane” of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot are accelerating – a discovery only made possible by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which has monitored the planet for more...
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Sonification of NGC 1300
The majestic spiral galaxy NGC 1300’s arms hold blue clusters of young stars, pink clouds of star formation, and dark lanes of dust. To represent this image with sound, scientists assigned louder volume to brighter light. Light farther...
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Hubble finds a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy
Black holes are often described as the monsters of the universe—tearing apart stars, consuming anything that comes too close, and holding light captive. Detailed evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, however, shows a black hole in...
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Hubble Makes First Measurements of Earth-Sized Exoplanet Atmospheres
On May 4th, 2016, the Hubble Space Telescope made the first spectroscopic measurements of two of the three known Earth-sized exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system just 40 light-years away. Music credit: "Feels Good" by Louise Dowd and...
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Are nebulae actually this colourful? What does Hubble really see?
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we have seen nebula like never before. But are they really as colourful as Hubble makes out?
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Hubble Views Galaxy Lacking Dark Matter
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took an image of a bizarre, ghostly looking galaxy called NGC 1052-DF2 that astronomers calculate to have little to no dark matter. This is the first galaxy astronomers have discovered to be so lacking in...
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Hubble and Webb: A New Golden Age of Astronomy
The scientific community is incredibly excited to have these two highly complementary observatories operating together. With their collaboration, they will push the boundaries of knowledge on the backdrop of a rapidly evolving...
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NASA's First Chief Astronomer, the Mother of Hubble
In a time when women were discouraged from studying math and science, Nancy Grace Roman became a research astronomer and the first Chief of Astronomy at NASA. Known today as the "Mother of Hubble," she was instrumental in taking the...
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Europa Water Vapor Plumes - More Hubble Evidence
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured even more evidence of water vapor plumes on Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The probable plumes appear to be repeating in the same location and correspond with a relatively warm region on Europa's...
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Hubble's Field Guide to Nebulae
Nebulae are some of the most resplendent objects in the universe, but it’s easy to confuse which one is an “emission nebula,” and which one is an “absorption nebula.” Thankfully, this “Field Guide” will give you a quick rundown so you...
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The Hubble Deep Field: Looking Back In Time
The Hubble Space Telescope has made over 1.5 million observations since its launch in 1990, capturing stunning subjects such as the Eagle Nebula and producing data that has been featured in almost 18,000 scientific articles. But no image...
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Hubble Detects a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a quasar named 3C 186 that is offset from the center of its galaxy. Astronomers hypothesize that this supermassive black hole was jettisoned from the center of its galaxy by the recoil from...
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Hubble Confirms Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever found. And, it’s big! With a diameter of approximately 80 miles across, it’s about 50 times larger than typical comets. Its 500-trillion-ton mass...