How Milky Way and Andromeda Will Collide [Video]

How Milky Way and Andromeda Will Collide [Video]

NASA releases simulations of what the agency thinks will happen

Hubble Sees Impressive, Extra-Spirally Galaxy

Hubble Sees Impressive, Extra-Spirally Galaxy

It almost looks as if it contains a smaller spiral within the larger one

Multi-Spectral, Composite View Reveals the Pinwheel Galaxy

Multi-Spectral, Composite View Reveals the Pinwheel Galaxy

See the M101 galaxy like you've never seen it before

Spiral Galaxy 30 Million Light-Years Away Caught on Tape

Spiral Galaxy 30 Million Light-Years Away Caught on Tape

The structure has roughly the same diameter as the Milky Way

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 11th, 2012
Hubble Sees Bright Nebula in Small Galaxy

Hubble Sees Bright Nebula in Small Galaxy

The object is close enough for experts to identify individual stars

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 5th, 2012
Hubble Prepares to Observe Venus' Solar Transit

Hubble Prepares to Observe Venus' Solar Transit

The rare event will take place in about a month's time

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 4th, 2012
Ultimate Fate of Earth Revealed by Four Distant Stars

Ultimate Fate of Earth Revealed by Four Distant Stars

Astronomers see four white dwarfs devouring their planets

JWST Items Exposed to the Coldness of Space

JWST Items Exposed to the Coldness of Space

New tests are currently being conducted in a special chamber

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 24th, 2012
Iconic Hubble Turns 22 in Earth's Orbit

Iconic Hubble Turns 22 in Earth's Orbit

The telescope is NASA's flagship orbital observatory

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 21st, 2012
Hubble Celebrates Anniversary with Image of Loose Star Cluster

Hubble Celebrates Anniversary with Image of Loose Star Cluster

The formation is located in a neighboring galaxy

Uranus Reveals Its Auroras in Hubble Images

Uranus Reveals Its Auroras in Hubble Images

The ice giant is the seventh planet from the Sun

New Panorama Marks Hubble's Upcoming Anniversary

New Panorama Marks Hubble's Upcoming Anniversary

The famous telescope has been in Earth's orbit for decades

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 4th, 2012
Kepler Telescope Gets Mission Extension Through 2016

Kepler Telescope Gets Mission Extension Through 2016

Several other important missions have also received extensions

UFO Galaxy Caught Edge-On in New Hubble Image

UFO Galaxy Caught Edge-On in New Hubble Image

This angle gives astronomers great insight into the galaxy's structure

Massive Star Cluster at the Core of the Milky Way

Massive Star Cluster at the Core of the Milky Way

Messier 9 was recently imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 16th, 2012
Gravitational Lensing Enables Quasar Measurements

Gravitational Lensing Enables Quasar Measurements

Astronomers find way of measuring the mass of galaxies hosting quasars

Awesome Barred Galaxy Captured in Hubble Photo

Awesome Barred Galaxy Captured in Hubble Photo

The structure goes by the easy-to-remember name NGC 1483

 
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