In a remarkable tribute to the Hubble Space Telescope's 34 years in orbit, Nasa astronomers have captured a new image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, located 3,400 light-years away. The Little Dumbbell Nebula, a favourite among amateur astronomers due to its vivid colours and dynamic structure, is a planetary nebula formed from the remnants of …
CNN — The most powerful telescope ever built is expected to launch on December 25. The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before. GSFC/NASA Mountain: With the Hubble Telescope, we could see back 13.5 billion years and …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jupiter and its enticing moon Europa shine in a new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble snapped the picture last month when the planet was 406 million miles away, and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore released it Thursday. A bright white splotch in Jupiter’s northern latitudes indicates a new storm barreling around the …
NASA astronaut Megan McArthur will pilot the second Crew Dragon mission to ISS NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, whose husband Bob Behnken was one of two crew members aboard spacex's historic Crew Dragon mission in May, will pilot the commercial craft's second launch in the spring of 2021. NASA on Tuesday announced the four-member crew for the second operational SpaceX Crew …