Items tagged with hubble

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Hubble's Hottest Science Finds Friday, April 24th, 2009 - 12:04:09 - Anuradha Menon In honor of the telescope's 19th birthday--April 24, 2009--NASA has released its list of the top 12 science discoveries made using Hubble pictures... read more

NASA Postpones Space Shuttle Launch Again Saturday, February 21st, 2009 - 14:06:45 - Iddo Genuth NASA has delayed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery for a fourth time amidst concerns about valves. After meeting all Friday at Kennedy Space... read more

The End of Hubble? Thursday, February 19th, 2009 - 18:30:44 - Iddo Genuth The spectacular collision between two satellites on Feb. 10 could make the shuttle mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope too risky to attempt... read more

Wall Divides Cosmic Metropolis Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 - 12:09:22 - Anuradha Menon A new study unveils NGC 604, the largest region of star formation in the nearby galaxy M33, in its first deep, high-resolution view in X-rays. This... read more

Galaxies' Collision History Revealed Sunday, January 4th, 2009 - 13:53:00 - Ehud Rattner Massive mergers sparked bursts of star formation when the Universe was half its age. Nearly all massive galaxies have undergone at least one major... read more

Carbon Dioxide Found on Extrasolar Planet Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 10:29:18 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important... read more

New Jupiter - Type Planet Found Friday, November 14th, 2008 - 10:32:12 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times... read more

Hubble Scores a Perfect '10' Saturday, November 1st, 2008 - 18:46:21 - Anuradha Menon The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is back in business with a snapshot of the fascinating galaxy pair Arp 147. The science operations were resumed... read more

NASA has Trouble Rebooting Hubble Saturday, October 18th, 2008 - 17:00:53 - Iddo Genuth NASA's attempt to resurrect the Hubble Space Telescope hit a roadblock on Thursday, further delaying an attempt to resume its science observations... read more

NASA to Reboot Hubble Space Telescope Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 - 09:00:06 - Iddo Genuth NASA will attempt to revive the $2 billion Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday, officials say. The telescope was idled two weeks ago by an equipment... read more

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