Tag: Hubble
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Hubble reveals 10 times more galaxies than scientists thought were out there
A deep-field image from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, or GOODS, shows a scattering of distant galaxies. (Credit: NASA / ESA / GOODS Team / M. Giavialisco / UMass-Amherst) It looks as if astronomers have been way, way off on their galaxy counts: A new analysis of data from the Hubble Space Telescope suggests…
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“Statistically significant evidence” for water emissions from Europa
NASA has confirmed “statistically significant evidence” from the Hubble Space Telescope indicating the presence of salty watery ejecta plumes from the Jovian moon Europa. The announcement lends further proof for the existence of a deep, saline ocean under Europa’s icy surface and creates new urgency and objectives for NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission in the…
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Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the Fourth of July with galactic fireworks
The tadpole galaxy Kiso 5639, also known as LEDA 36252, sparkles in this Hubble image. (Credit: D. Elmegreen et al. / Vassar / NASA / ESA) Kiso 5639 is just a tadpole when it comes to galaxies, but it’s a real firecracker in a picture unveiled by the Hubble Space Telescope’s science team just in…
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The universe is expanding 5-9% faster than astronomers expected, Hubble team finds
Illustration shows the three steps astronomers used to measure the universe’s expansion rate to an unprecedented accuracy. (Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Feild (STScI), and A. Riess (STScI/JHU)) New research from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope team suggests that the universe is expanding significantly faster than astronomers originally thought. The latest measurements indicate an expansion rate five to nine…
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Hubble anniversary honors Shuttle’s important legacy
The Space Shuttle achieved many historic milestones during its 30 year career, with Friday marking one of the more famous – the 25th anniversary of Discovery launch with the Hubble Space Telescope. Over the following years, Discovery’s achievement was backed up by serving missions involving her sisters, allowing for Hubble to continue on with discoveries of…
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Hubble anniversary honors Shuttle’s important legacy
The Space Shuttle achieved many historic milestones during its 30 year career, with Friday marking one of the more famous – the 25th anniversary of Discovery launch with the Hubble Space Telescope. Over the following years, Discovery’s achievement was backed up by serving missions involving her sisters, allowing for Hubble to continue on with discoveries of…
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Last-ditch search finds fresh targets for New Horizons
Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Scientists using the powerful Hubble Space Telescopes have identified three tiny objects at the frontier of the solar system that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft could visit after making an historic flyby of Pluto next…
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Hubble recruited to find New Horizons probe post-Pluto target
Two NASA spacecraft are to join forces in finding a new deep space target ripe for investigation by the New Horizons spacecraft. The venerable Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will attempt to find the target – in the Kuiper Belt – for New Horizons to travel to, following its primary mission of investigating Pluto in 2015. Hubble…
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ASAP pleased with reformulated forward path for JWST
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) members were provided with an updated status review of the progress being made on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) this month. The positive overview portrayed a program that is now back on track, following its schedule and budget concerns under previous management. JWST: The JWST will be tasked…
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Atlantis’ legacy continues as healthy Hubble finds primitive galaxies
One of the jewels in NASA’s crown – the Hubble Space Telescope – is continuing to expand our understanding of the universe, with new findings uncovering a previously unseen population of seven primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. However, the discovery was made via an instrument delivered by Shuttle Atlantis during…