The Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning images of NGC 5253, a blue compact dwarf galaxy, revealing crucial details about its intense star-forming activities. NGC 5253, located about 11 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, offers a unique opportunity to study stellar evolution and galaxy formation. Observations from NASA’s Hubble Telescope and their significance … Read more
The Hubble Space Telescope is back in action and has returned to scientific activities, but now with only one working gyroscope. And to prove it still has what it takes, the venerable observatory captured a striking photo of the dusty spiral galaxy NGC 1546. Located about 50 million light years Further up in the constellation … Read more
An illustration of distant quasar, supermassive, black hole-powered objects that can be used to constrain the parameters of gravity theories. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser A recent study explored teleparallel gravity and its potential to resolve the tension surrounding the expansion of the universe in a way that general relativity cannot. In the early 20th century, our … Read more
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Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time ever mapped the plasma burps of a feeding black hole-powered quasar relatively close to Earth. Although supermassive black holes with masses millions or billions of times greater than the Sun are thought to live at the heart of all galaxies, not all of these … Read more
This artist’s concept shows the nova system HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star is pulling material from its red giant companion. This forms a red-hot disk around the dwarf, which could unpredictably undergo a spontaneous thermonuclear explosion as the red giant’s hydrogen trap becomes denser and reaches a tipping point. These fireworks … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The Hubble Space Telescope will transition to a new way of operating that aims to prevent the space observatory from experiencing shortfalls in its ability to observe the universe, NASA officials said. The legendary telescope, … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The Hubble Space Telescope will transition to a new way of operating that aims to prevent the space observatory from experiencing shortfalls in its ability to observe the universe, NASA officials said. The … Read more
Problems with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, crucial for pointing and locking onto targets, have prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations but keep the iconic observatory well into the years will keep it operational by 2030, officials said. Tuesday. “We still believe … Read more
Enlarge / Hubble Space Telescope above Earth, photographed during STS-125, servicing mission 4, May 2009. The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is running out of gyroscopes, and if there are none left, the instrument will cease to perform meaningful science. To preserve the telescope, which has been in space for nearly three and a half decades, … Read more