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Hubble Telescope Captures Images of Comet Breaking Apart

Astronomers have captured sharp, detailed images of a comet breaking apart about 108 kilometers from Earth.

This illustration depicts a possible

Monster Supermassive Black Holes Come from Collapsing Cosmic Clouds

New data from NASA's space telescopes reveals how black holes form big already from collapsing clouds instead of starting from small, and expanding rapidly.

This spiral snowflake galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole inside.

Hubble Captures Perfect Snowflake Galaxy

Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a very bright spiral galaxy, resembling a snowflake and emitting powerful X-ray beams.

Comet 252P/LINEAR as it passed by Earth

Hubble Captures Spinning Comet From Its Closest Approach of Earth

Scientists captured a series of images of the closest celestial object that the Hubble Space Telescope ever captured.

NASA’s Hubble Finds Massive Halo Around Andromeda, Reveals How Galaxies Are Born

A massive gaseous halo around the Andromeda Galaxy has been discovered by a group of scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a discovery that will answer scientists about the giant spiral galaxies and its evolution and structure such as the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy.

The James Webb Space Telescope

Powerful James Webb Space Telescope Launches in 2018

In October 2018, Hubble will hand over the reins as humankind's eye on the Universe to its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope.

Eye into space

NASA Set to Launch Successor of the Hubble Space Telescope

The Webb will be more powerful than the Hubble ever was, and will be able to see even further into the Universe.

Hubble Telescope

NASA to Celebrate Hubble's 25th Year

The telescope helped in mapping the large-scale, three-dimensional distribution of dark matter.

Beta Pictoris

Hubble Captures New Images of Young Star Beta Pictoris

The planet orbits Beta Pictorous every 18 to 20 years.

Stellar nursery

How Starburst Galaxies 'Burst' With New Born Stars

A new study reveals what makes starburst galaxies burst with new born stars.

Ceres

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Close to Rendezvous with Ceres

Ceres is considered the biggest body in the asteroid belt.

Strange galaxy

Origins of the First Light in the Universe; Leaky Galaxy Provides Clues

A galaxy billions of light years from the solar system is emitting extreme amounts of UV rays across deep space.

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