Down memory lane: Hubble's greatest discoveries in year 2016!
Hubble's greatest discoveries in year 2016!
Dec 14, 2016, 16:10 PM ISTNASA shares beautiful image of irregular dwarf galaxy 'NGC 4789A'
The US space agency, NASA has released a beautiful image of NGC 4789A, a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices.
Nov 19, 2016, 20:49 PM ISTThe Toucan and the Cluster – Spectacular Hubble view of NGC 299! (See pic)
Hubble captured NGC 299, an open star cluster located within the Small Magellanic Cloud just under 200,000 light-years away.
Nov 05, 2016, 14:05 PM ISTNASA says world's largest space telescope ready for launch
The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched on board an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in October 2018, NASA said.
Nov 03, 2016, 08:59 AM ISTNASA shares spectacular image of a globular cluster of stars taken by Hubble! - See pic
The Milky Way contains over 150 such clusters.
Oct 29, 2016, 21:44 PM ISTUniverse not expanding at accelerating rate: Study
Challenging a standard cosmological concept, a team of researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist has found that the universe may not actually be expanding at an accelerating pace as was previously believed.
Oct 25, 2016, 12:05 PM ISTGalaxy Cassiopeia harbours an unusual resident – NASA's Hubble observes the cosmic beauty! - See pic
The image shows that, the galaxy is currently undergoing an immense burst of star formation.
Oct 16, 2016, 21:07 PM ISTTruth unfurled: Universe contains 20 times more galaxies than thought
The study reveals that universe has a staggering two trillion galaxies, which makes the count 20 times more than previously thought, say researchers.
Oct 14, 2016, 13:20 PM ISTNASA's Hubble finds ten times more galaxies than previously thought
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories reveals that our universe contains 10 times more galaxies than previously thought.
Oct 13, 2016, 23:14 PM ISTNASA's Hubble peers into the center of spiral galaxy 'NGC 247'
The US space agency NASA has released an image of spiral galaxy known as NGC 247 that shows the central region of the galaxy.
Oct 08, 2016, 23:02 PM ISTAbell 2744 captured: 'Pandora's Cluster' as seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope! (See pic)
The gravity of this galaxy cluster is strong enough that it acts as a lens to magnify images of more distant background galaxies.
Sep 29, 2016, 12:23 PM ISTHubble sees colorful ‘last hurrah’ of a sun-like star! (See pic)
The image shows the colorful "last hurrah" of NGC 2440, which lies about 4,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Puppis.
Sep 24, 2016, 03:07 AM ISTNASA's Hubble finds planet orbiting two stars
The US space agency NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found a planet that orbits two stars in the system.
Sep 22, 2016, 22:57 PM ISTNASA's announcement of 'surprising activity' on Europa creates a frenzy among space enthusiasts!
Mere minutes after the announcement was made, social media went into a tizzy speculating what those findings might be.
Sep 22, 2016, 08:49 AM ISTHubble captures best view ever of a comet breaking apart
These observations provide insight into the volatile behaviour of comets as they approach the sun and begin to vaporise, unleashing powerful forces.
Sep 17, 2016, 11:28 AM ISTNASA's Hubble spots a lone, glowing lenticular galaxy! - See pic
The image shows a lone source shining out brightly from the dark expanse of deep space, glowing softly against a picturesque backdrop of distant stars and colorful galaxies.
Sep 17, 2016, 11:17 AM ISTHubble peers into stormy scenes of dark dust in Large Magellanic Cloud!
N159 is located over 160,000 light-years away. It resides just south of the Tarantula Nebula (heic1402), another massive star-forming complex within the LMC.
Sep 12, 2016, 09:43 AM ISTGlowing distant stars become Hubble's latest subject! - See pic
As per NASA, dwarf galaxies like NGC 5264 typically possess around a billion stars – just 1 percent of the number of stars found within the Milky Way.
Aug 28, 2016, 23:17 PM ISTNASA's Hubble Space Telescope investigates stellar shrapnel!
The US space agency NASA has released a picture of the aftermath of the energetic detonation of stellar shrapnel scattering across the sky.
Aug 19, 2016, 23:09 PM ISTA galaxy askew: NASA's Hubble delivers a queer image – a lopsided lynx! (See pic)
Irregular galaxies like NGC 2337, although may not be the same as their symmetrical apiral and elliptical counterparts, still hold an importance for astronomers.
Aug 14, 2016, 08:53 AM IST