Hubble Space Telescope

Monstrous black hole uncovered in most unexpected place in space! - Check out pic

The current record holder tips the scale at 21 billion suns and resides in the crowded Coma galaxy cluster that consists of over 1,000 galaxies.  

Apr 07, 2016, 18:04 PM IST

See pic – Amazing snapshot of colliding galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope!

This multi-colored haze actually marks the site of two colliding galaxy clusters, forming a single object known as MACS J0416.1-2403.

Mar 28, 2016, 09:10 AM IST

Gang of monster stars that outshines our Sun unveiled

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has identified nine monster stars, which are bigger and brighter than our Sun.

Mar 18, 2016, 13:35 PM IST

80 young galaxies from early universe discovered

The team made detailed analyses of imaging data of these galaxies taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. 

Mar 11, 2016, 20:05 PM IST

Hubble spots farthest known galaxy in universe

An international team of astronomers said that using the Hubble Space Telescope they have spotted the farthest galaxy ever seen in the universe.

Mar 04, 2016, 06:02 AM IST

See pic: NASA's Hubble spots blue bubble encircling Wolf-Rayet star!

Many Hubble observations have led to breakthroughs in astrophysics, such as accurately determining the rate of expansion of the universe.  

Feb 27, 2016, 08:58 AM IST

See pic - Hubble spots a diamond in the dust!

The image shows the star illuminating a wispy reflection nebula known as IRAS 00044+6521.  

Feb 22, 2016, 16:06 PM IST

NASA's Hubble directly measures rotation of cloudy 'super-Jupiter

The planet, called 2M1207b, is about four times more massive than Jupiter and is dubbed a "super-Jupiter."

Feb 19, 2016, 13:50 PM IST

See pic: The icy blue wings of Hen 2-437 from Hubble!

Hen 2-437 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, one of around 3,000 such objects known to reside within the Milky Way.

Feb 15, 2016, 13:47 PM IST

See pic: NASA's Hubble views merging galaxies in Eridanus

The US space agency NASA recently shared a beautiful image of two or more galaxies in the act of merging together to form a single new galaxy.

Feb 06, 2016, 11:00 AM IST

Hubble spots mammoth cloud boomerang back to our galaxy

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a monstrous cloud of hydrogen gas that is plummeting toward our galaxy at nearly 1.1 million km per hour.

Jan 29, 2016, 11:13 AM IST

Dazzling diamond-like stars perfect visual treat

These blue-white stars are burning their hydrogen fuel so ferociously that they will explode as supernova in a few million years.

Jan 22, 2016, 11:30 AM IST

Hubble views a galactic mega-merger: NASA

NGC 3597 is located approximately 150 million light-years away in the constellation of Crater (The Cup).

Jan 18, 2016, 18:13 PM IST

See pic: Hubble views two galaxies merging

The US space agency NASA recently released a stunning picture of an irregular shaped galaxy some 230 million light years away in the constellation of Hercules.

Dec 31, 2015, 10:19 AM IST

Hubble's latest treat: The awakened force of a star – See pic!

Hubble's latest treat came just in time for the release of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens”

Dec 17, 2015, 22:33 PM IST

Top five amazing space discoveries of 2015

Of the many significant breakthroughs, here’s a list of the top five amazing space discoveries of 2015.

Dec 16, 2015, 17:02 PM IST

Splendid image of galaxy NGC 7252 from Hubble!

The spiral galaxy has a superficial resemblance to an atomic nucleus surrounded by the loops of electronic orbits.

Dec 14, 2015, 21:26 PM IST

NASA set to replace Hubble with James Webb telescope in 3 years

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the premier astronomical observatory of the next decade.

Nov 26, 2015, 11:47 AM IST

DNA: Today in History, November 20th

Check out the famous historical happenings that took place on this day, the 20th of November.

Nov 20, 2015, 23:43 PM IST

Hubble discovers clues to how Milky Way was formed

This is how our galaxy, Milky Way was formed.

Nov 06, 2015, 14:45 PM IST