ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sankrit One of the most famous ... The star which created the nebula was huge, at 20 times the mass of the sun, and its explosion was so epic it would have been brighter ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the ...

Hubble and its fellow observatories give us an unprecedented, crystal-clear look at the far reaches of the cosmos. Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The ...

A stunning Hubble image showcases a spiral galaxy seemingly intertwined with a nearby star—but looks can be deceiving! This ...

With this scale and other tools, Hubble had found and measured 23 other galaxies out to a distance of about 20 million light years. The second key was the work of Vesto Slipher, who had ...

The Hubble constant is one of the most important numbers in cosmology because it tells us how fast the universe is expanding, which can be used to determine the age of the universe and its history. It ...

Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous—and frequently photographed—supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the sun that exploded about ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a colossal storm that has raged for centuries, is revealing new secrets about its dynamic nature.

It is the remnants of a star that was roughly 20 times as big as our sun and exploded ... that were taken in three different filters by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and highlights hydrogen ...