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B Centauri: Scientists find planet where no planet should be
Scientists found a giant planet 325 light years away, but its very existence proves there’s something wrong with science.
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The Search for Life
Are we alone in the universe? This is a fundamental question that intrigues us all. On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for a presentation on the agency’s...
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Hubble's 32nd Anniversary: An Eclectic Galaxy Grouping
NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 32nd birthday with a stunning look at five galaxies, a close-knit collection called the Hickson Compact Group 40. This amazing assembly includes a giant elliptical galaxy, glowing with...
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Hubble Trivia: 6) What Has Hubble Helped to Reveal About the Expansion of the Universe?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What has Hubble helped to reveal about the expansion of the universe? You...
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NASA's Curious Universe: Our Window to the Stars
Decades of planning. One heart-pounding setback. Over a million mesmerizing images of space. This is the story of the Hubble Space Telescope, our window to the stars.
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Private companies team up to put telescope on the moon
Private companies Moon Express and the International Lunar Observatory (ILO) have announced a plan to set up two telescopes on the moon to observe the galaxy.
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The Hubble Space Telescope 360° Tour
Pay a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit above Earth’s surface and take a tour of the technology behind Hubble’s spectacular cosmic images. This 360 degree video points out Hubble’s instruments, mirrors, and other major...
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NASA | The Challenge to Fix Hubble's Best Survey Camera
Shortly after NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced that NASA would add a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, Hubbles most prominent camera and most used instrument, died. The incredible engineering challenge to...
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Hubble Finds Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
Astronomers have used new and archival datasets from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to uncover evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. The vapor is present due to the thermal excitation of water molecules...
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NASA | Return to Venus: Part I
Watch "Return to Venus - Part II" at:From Galileo and the Heliocentric model of the Solar System to James Hansen and climate research, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to...
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Hubble Tracks Origins Of Energy Blasts
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are extraordinary events that generate as much energy in a thousandth of a second as the Sun does in an entire year! Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief,...
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NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 30 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within...
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Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth
Taking advantage of the total lunar eclipse of January 2019, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. The method used serves as a proxy for how they will observe...
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Hubble Trivia: 9) Hubble Has Helped Confirm That the Milky Way Will Merge With Which Nearby Galaxy?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: Hubble has helped confirm that the Milky Way will merge with which nearby...
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Hubble Trivia: 3) What Advantage Does Hubble Space Telescope Have Over Ground-based Telescopes?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What advantage does the Hubble Space Telescope have over ground-based...
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Hubble Trivia: 15) What are forming in the Eagle Nebula's 'Pillars of Creation'?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What are forming in the Eagle Nebula's 'Pillars of Creation'? You might be...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Jessie Dotson Talks About Discovering Exoplanets
A conversation with Jessie Dotson, project scientist for the Kepler spacecraft’s K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 1 - The Sky Is Falling
Earth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us?
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NASA | Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Once installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during the upcoming servicing mission this year, COS will dramatically advance physics and astrophysics research on the origin of the Universe, astronomical objects, evolution of galaxies, and...
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Virtual Tour of the Hubble Control Center: Entryway in Lobby
Begin a tour of the Hubble control center in the lobby, where you will learn about the orbiting spacecraft. This is part 1 of 5 of a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope’s home for mission operations, the Space...
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Dark Energy with NASA's WFIRST
Scientists have discovered that a mysterious pressure dubbed "dark energy" makes up about 68 percent of the total energy content of the cosmos, but so far we don't know much more about it. Exploring the nature of dark energy is one of...
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NASA Names Upcoming Telescope to Honor 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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NASA | NASA Upgrades Chamber A to enable testing of Webb Telescope
When the next-generation space telescope was being designed, engineers had to ensure there was a place large enough to test it, considering it's as big as a tennis court. That honor fell upon the famous "Chamber A" in the thermal-vacuum...
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Live Q&A: Hubble Detects Farthest Star Ever Seen
Join NASA scientists live to learn more about a new broken record from Hubble – the farthest star ever seen! We’ll discuss how Hubble made this major discovery and what comes next. Stay tuned for an audience Q&A!