Topic: Hubble Space Telescope

Fomalhaut B "First" Planet Picture in Doubt

from USA Today. . The Hubble space telescope's first photo of a planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting a nearby star, may actually be "scattered dust" and...
If you're working on a DIY version of the Hubble Space Telescope, this may come in handy. It's apparently the Vehicle Power Interface Console used...
When the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the apparent exoplanet Fomalhaut b in 2008, it was regarded as the first visible light image obtained...

New Images of 'Pillars of Creation'

Dramatic new images have been released of a star-forming cluster that became known as the "Pillars of Creation" in 1995. The images provide new...

#62: Star Birth Seen in Action

As a star forms, it attracts a swirling disk of gas and dust. Most of that material collapses into the star. Some remains in orbit, where it clumps...

'Pillars of Creation' reloaded

ESA. . This picture combines a far-infrared view from the Herschel Space Observatory with an X-ray view from XMM-Newton to show how the hot young...

the first mirror

Expert mirror makers are gearing up to cast the first component of what is planned be the world's largest telescope. When completed, its seven...
Despite its huge 8.4-metre diameter, this mirror being cast inside the University of Arizona's giant red furnace is only the second of seven such...

Exquisite New Photos Of Noted Nebula

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released incredible new images captured by the Herschel space telescope.. . To the average backyard astronomer...
Astronomers have discovered a fourth moon orbiting Pluto, NASA announced Wednesday.. . The moon, temporarily designated P4, appeared in photographs...