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There is something unexpected happening in the universe, Nasa’s most powerful ever telescope shows

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9 months, 1 week ago

NASA's Hubble captures star cluster that was born more than 5 million years ago. See mesmerising pic

Hindustan Times

NASA's Hubble Telescope was launched in 1990, and since then, it has provided scientists with fascinating information about space. Recently, the telescope captured a star cluster that was born five and a half million years ago. In the caption of the post, NASA Hubble informed, "This #HubbleClassic view is within M16, also known as the Eagle Nebula. While describing the …

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10 months ago

NASA shares ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at a star formation captured by Hubble Telescope

Hindustan Times

NASA took to Instagram to share a never-seen-before picture of a massive star which is about “30 times the mass of our Sun”. NASA Hubble Telescope captured this 'behind-the-scenes' look of a star in formation. Take a look at this incredible glimpse captured by Hubble Telescope: The post was shared nearly 14 hours ago. What are your thoughts on this …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Check out a stunning new picture of the Pillars of Creation from the James Webb Telescope

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Since the initial images from the James Webb Space Telescope were unveiled in July, it has continued to produce historic images of the universe with impressive clarity. Located in the Eagle Nebula, which is part of the constellation Serpens, the Pillars of Creation are famous due to an iconic 1995 photograph shot by one of JSWT's predecessors, the Hubble Space …

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2 years, 2 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope captures star-filled new images of the Pillars of Creation

ABC

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a spectacular and highly detailed landscape of the iconic Pillars of Creation in new pictures released by NASA. Key points: The James Webb Space Telescope uses infrared light to peer further into the cosmos than visible-light telescopes like Hubble The view from James Webb helps to peer through dust in the star-forming region …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Comparing NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope images to Hubble's pictures

ABC

New images released by NASA have captured an astonishing level of detail of the universe never seen before. The images, taken by NASA's $13 billion James Webb Space Telescope, have previously been captured by the Hubble Telescope, but show a much more complex picture of the universe. Webb's mirror is nearly three times bigger than Hubble's, and Webb is able …

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2 years, 6 months ago

You can count the stars in the Hubble image of this distant galaxy

India Today

The Hubble space telescope, which is about to get a new buddy in space as the James Webb Telescope, currently seems to be functioning beyond expectation as it continues to peer deep into the universe. Nasa has revealed the image that was captured by the Hubble in 2012 of the brilliant ESO 318-13 galaxy and the image is so clear …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Incredible Image of 'Disturbed Spiral Galaxy' Captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope

News 18

NASA’s Hubble Telescope recently captured an image of a galaxy and netizens just cannot get enough of it. Hubble’s view shows the galaxy’s sinuous, twisting dust lane in detail as it sweeps by the core of the galaxy and curves into the surrounding gas,” read the caption of the image. Another person wrote, “So luminous galaxy and it’s electromagnetic power …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Hubble telescope partially recovered nearly a month after it went blind in space

India Today

Nearly a month after the Hubble Telescope went blind in space, Nasa has managed to recover the second instrument from the blackout to resume science operations. "The team chose to restore the most heavily used Hubble instrument, the Wide Field Camera 3, which represents more than a third of the spacecraft’s observing time," Nasa said in an update, adding that …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Nasa tries to isolate glitch that forced Hubble Telescope to go blind in space

India Today

Over 10 days after the Hubble Space Telescope went dark in space and suspended science operations, engineers are trying to isolate the problem to get the flying observatory out of safe mode. "The Hubble team is focusing its efforts to isolate the problem on hardware that commands the instruments and is part of the Science Instrument Command and Data Handling …

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3 years, 2 months ago

A storm bigger than entire Earth: Wind speed in Jupiter's Great Red Spot speeding up, blowing at over 640 kmph

India Today

Jupiter has always been the centre of curiosity for astronomers, however, it's not just the staggering size of this planet that attracts attention but phenomenons on the surface as well. The telescope has beamed back data indicating that the winds in the outermost "lane" of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are accelerating. The Great Red Spot has been observed raging on …

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3 years, 3 months ago

NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy

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NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team In December, NASA is scheduled to launch the huge $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, which is sometimes billed as the successor to the aging Hubble Space Telescope. …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Scientists Are Using a Balloon to Launch a Telescope

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Exploring space requires scientists to get a little creative. So, this telescope isn’t exactly going to space; it will work at an altitude of roughly 25 miles above the surface, according to a Royal Astronomical Society press release. This is quite an improvement when compared with NASA’s past attempt at this design: In late 2014 it planned to keep an …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Hubble Telescope returns to life: Science operations resume as Nasa fixes worst glitch in a decade

India Today

The Hubble Space telescope, which went offline due to an onboard computer glitch, has resumed science operations. Engineers successfully switched to the backup hardware on the Hubble telescope, including powering on the backup payload computer, on July 15. “Most observations missed while science operations were suspended will be rescheduled for a later date,” Nasa said in a statement, adding that …

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3 years, 5 months ago

NASA's Hubble Clicks Whirlpool Galaxy with Pink Stars Spiraling

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As scientists are working hard to bring humanity’s beloved window to the cosmos — Hubble Space Telescope — back online, NASA is sharing classic pictures once taken by the space telescope on Instagram. Stars, star-forming dust and star systems spiralling around the eye of a galaxy feature in the two photos that NASA shared on Wednesday. In the two pictures …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Hubble telescope remains blind: Science operations shut as Nasa diagnoses faulty computer

India Today

Ten days after it encountered a glitch in its onboard computer, the Hubble Space Telescope remains in safe mode with science operations shut down. The Hubble team has been working on the payload computer that halted on June 13 as the spacecraft stopped collecting science data. Nasa had earlier performed tests on the payload computer on June 23 and June …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Hubble telescope faces computer glitch, science operations halted

India Today

Thirty years into its service providing a window to the vastness of the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope has been showing signs of degradation. The payload computer onboard the telescope halted on Sunday and the Hubble team is trying to investigate whether a degrading memory module led to the glitch. The faulty payload computer controls and coordinates the science instruments …

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3 years, 11 months ago

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago

News 18

Watching auroras on Earth seemed to have become too common, it seems. Maybe, that is the reason why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Hubble Telescope shared a breathtaking picture of how auroras look on Jupiter. Throwing it way back to 23 years ago on Thursday, NASA’s Hubble telescope shared pictures of Jupiter auroras that were captured in 1998. In …

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3 years, 11 months ago

NASA Shares Spellbinding Images of 'Fireworks Galaxy' That Saw 10 Supernovae in Last 100 Years

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Despite our growing oeuvre of knowledge regarding the mysteries of the universe, a peek into outer space continues to reveal yet more ethereal and previously unseen sights. A recent such sight was seen when space research agency NASA shared an image of the volatile Fireworks Galaxy, which is known to have frequent supernovae. For context, our Milky Way Galaxy averages …

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4 years ago

NASA shares new, stunning pictures of universe for Hubble Space Telescope’s 30th birthday

Hindustan Times

Giving someone a present on their birthday is quite a common and kind practice. On the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30th birthday, it has presented netizens with a great gift, i.e. @NASAHubble Space Telescope turned 30 this year, and to mark this momentous occasion, it’s sharing 30 presents wrapped in stars and sprinkled with stardust, just for you! The official Instagram …

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4 years, 1 month ago

WATCH: Timelapse Video of Comet ISON Captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope is Out of the World

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Time works in mysterious ways especially in space, and a seven-year-old video by NASA proves just that. The latest video shared on the official Instagram account of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a journey of a comet travelling through space. One user commented, “Thank u hubble u always make my day,” while others expressed how they are learning a lot …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Psyche, an asteroid believed to be worth $10,000 quadrillion, is observed through Hubble Telescope in new study

CNN

CNN — A rare metallic asteroid about three times farther away from the sun than our planet could yield secrets about Earth’s molten core, and scientists want to learn all about it. The importance of studying Psyche Studying Psyche could help us better understand those early times in the history of our solar system, when objects would have had “higher …

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4 years, 3 months ago

NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures Stunning Image of Supernova Around 2,400 Light Years from Earth

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NASA’s space-based observatory, the Hubble telescope captures marvelous looking pictures of the universe on a daily basis. Tweeted online by the official handle of Hubble telescope, the picture represents a “small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave”. #HubbleFriday This Hubble image shows a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave.Between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago, a star about …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Hubble telescope captures close-up shot of ‘celebrity’ comet NEOWISE as it passes by the Sun

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NASA’s Hubble telescope captured close-up shots of the coma of the comet which is the cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the icy nucleus of the comet. The rare comet is about five kilometres across and its nucleus is covered with sooty material dating back to the origin of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. Now NASA’s Hubble …

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There is something unexpected happening in the universe, Nasa’s most powerful ever telescope shows

NASA's Hubble captures star cluster that was born more than 5 million years ago. See mesmerising pic

NASA shares ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at a star formation captured by Hubble Telescope

Check out a stunning new picture of the Pillars of Creation from the James Webb Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope captures star-filled new images of the Pillars of Creation

Comparing NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope images to Hubble's pictures

You can count the stars in the Hubble image of this distant galaxy

Incredible Image of 'Disturbed Spiral Galaxy' Captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope

Hubble telescope partially recovered nearly a month after it went blind in space

Nasa tries to isolate glitch that forced Hubble Telescope to go blind in space

A storm bigger than entire Earth: Wind speed in Jupiter's Great Red Spot speeding up, blowing at over 640 kmph

NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy

Scientists Are Using a Balloon to Launch a Telescope

Hubble Telescope returns to life: Science operations resume as Nasa fixes worst glitch in a decade

NASA's Hubble Clicks Whirlpool Galaxy with Pink Stars Spiraling

Hubble telescope remains blind: Science operations shut as Nasa diagnoses faulty computer

Hubble telescope faces computer glitch, science operations halted

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago

NASA Shares Spellbinding Images of 'Fireworks Galaxy' That Saw 10 Supernovae in Last 100 Years

NASA shares new, stunning pictures of universe for Hubble Space Telescope’s 30th birthday

WATCH: Timelapse Video of Comet ISON Captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope is Out of the World

Psyche, an asteroid believed to be worth $10,000 quadrillion, is observed through Hubble Telescope in new study

NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures Stunning Image of Supernova Around 2,400 Light Years from Earth

Hubble telescope captures close-up shot of ‘celebrity’ comet NEOWISE as it passes by the Sun