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'BoRG' Survey Spots Ancient Cluster of Baby Galaxies: Big Pic

Posted Fri Jan 13, 2012 01:15 PM ET   |   0

The earliest and most distant collection of galaxies has been spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more

Hubble

Blue Stellar Oddballs Spied Inside Andromeda: Big Pic

Posted Thu Jan 12, 2012 07:29 PM ET   |   0

Age-defying blue stars around Andromeda's core shine hotly for Hubble researchers. Read more

Andromeda

Galactic Cluster Clash Spotted in Early Universe

Posted by  Ian O'Neill  Tue Jan 10, 2012 03:04 PM ET   |   0

Say hello to "El Gordo," one of the biggest cosmic collisions you will ever witness. Read more

Galactic Cluster Clash Spotted in Early Universe

Watching Alien Sunsets on Exoplanets

Posted by  Ian O'Neill  Mon Jan 9, 2012 05:55 PM ET   |   0

You may be familiar with science fiction renderings of alien sunsets, but what would a real exoplanetary sunset look like? Read more

Watching Alien Sunsets on Exoplanets

Who REALLY Discovered the Expanding Universe?

Posted by  Jennifer Ouellette  Mon Nov 21, 2011 03:50 PM ET   |   0

A Belgian priest and cosmologist named Georges Lemaitre published a paper reaching very similar conclusions two years before Edwin Hubble's historic discovery. Was Lemaitre's work covered up? Read more

Who REALLY Discovered the Expanding Universe?

Galaxies That Don't Recycle Live Hard, Die Young

Posted by  Ian O'Neill  Thu Nov 17, 2011 02:14 PM ET   |   0

Some galaxies recycle stellar waste to birth new stars, others don't bother and blow it all in a star burst frenzy. Read more

Recycling galaxies

James Webb Space Telescope Safe -- For Now

Posted by  Irene Klotz  Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:36 PM ET   |   0

A compromise spending plan for NASA averts cancellation of the James Webb Space Telescope, but caps development of the Hubble successor observatory at $8 billion. Read more

James Webb Space Telescope Safe -- For Now

'They're So Cute!' Hubble's Baby Galaxy Pictures

Posted by  Nicole Gugliucci  Thu Nov 10, 2011 04:09 AM ET   |   0

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope peer back in time to study 69 galaxies when they were just babies. Read more

'They're So Cute!' Hubble's Baby Galaxy Pictures

What's That Strange Disk Around That Black Hole?

Posted by  Nicole Gugliucci  Sat Nov 5, 2011 04:34 AM ET   |   0

The accretion disk surrounding a black hole has been measured for the first time, but all is not as it seems. Read more

What's That Strange Disk Around That Black Hole?

Hubble's Top 5 Discoveries: Photos

Posted Wed Sep 21, 2011 05:54 PM ET   |   0

After a million observations and 20 years of service, what are the top 5 science discoveries made by the Hubble Space Telescope? Read more

Hubble

James Webb Space Telescope Saved?

Posted by  Ian O'Neill  Wed Sep 14, 2011 05:51 PM ET   |   0

A Senate subcommittee has approved a science appropriations bill today providing funds to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for the next fiscal year. Read more

James Webb Space Telescope Saved?

Costs For James Webb Space Telescope Soar

Posted by  Irene Klotz  Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:51 PM ET   |   0

A new independent cost analysis shows it will take another $3.6 billion to get the JWST ready to fly by 2018. Read more

Costs For James Webb Space Telescope Soar

Hubble Discovers New Pluto Moon

Posted by  Irene Klotz  Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:29 PM ET   |   0

Pluto may have been demoted to dwarf planet status, but it's queen bee to a clutch of moons that now number four. Read more

Hubble Discovers New Pluto Moon

Hubble Logs Millionth Observation: Photos

Posted Thu Jul 7, 2011 01:53 AM ET   |   0

On Monday, July 4, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its latest milestone: a million scientific observations. Read more

Hubble photos

Eroding NASA Science: Space Telescope Scrapped?

Posted by  Ian O'Neill  Wed Jul 6, 2011 06:13 PM ET   |   0

After months of James Webb Space Telescope mismanagement accusations, a U.S. House subcommittee has recommended the $6.5 billion project's cancellation. Read more

Eroding NASA Science: Space Telescope Scrapped?
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