Hubble Space Telescope Captures New Stunning Images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
For over three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has delivered breathtaking views of distant galaxies and our solar system.
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Actor: Andromeda Galaxy Action: appears Object: visible to the naked eye
The Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away, appears visible to the naked eye under dark skies not because of a single luminous object but due to the combined light…
Hubble Telescope Reveals Massive Cosmic Superbubble in Large Magellanic Cloud
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed LHA 120-N44, a vast cosmic superbubble spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Saturn’s South Pole: Hubble Discovers Massive 10-Sided Atmospheric Wave
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a massive 10-sided atmospheric wave, or decagon, encircling Saturn’s south pole.
Hubble Uncovers First Known Galactic Merger of Milky Way 11.8 Billion Years Ago
The Milky Way swallowed a dwarf galaxy 11.8 billion years ago, a discovery revealed by Hubble and Gaia data, while Terzan 5 emerged as a rare fossil from the galaxy’s formation…
James Webb Space Telescope Captures Clearest Image of the Lion Nebula
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest infrared image yet of planetary nebula NGC 2392, popularly known as the Lion Nebula. Located roughly 10,000 … Read more
How an ancient collision with another galaxy transformed the Milky Way
Astronomers have uncovered definitive evidence that the Milky Way experienced a major collision and merger with a dwarf galaxy named LKH 11.8 billion years ago. The … Read more
First Extragalactic Globular Cluster Stream Discovered in UGC 9050-Dw1
Astronomers using archival data from the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the first globular cluster stellar stream outside the Milky Way, located approximately 115 million light-years … Read more
Neptune’s Storms Vanish Quickly, Unlike Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
In 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 measured winds up to 2,100 km/h around Neptune’s Great Dark Spot, a storm the size of Earth. By 1994, Hubble found … Read more