Space Telescope
Light Fantastic: Laser at Inner Harbor Beams Hubble's Heartbeat
Hubble spectral observations of distant galaxies will be projected onto the Maryland Science Center with an intense green laser. Educational activities will…
An angry bird in the sky
In the nebula, which lies around 6500 light-years from Earth, hot newborn stars that formed from clouds of hydrogen gas shine brightly with ultraviolet light….
Tests under way on the sunshield for NASA's Webb telescope
The sunshield will consist of five tennis court-sized layers to allow the Webb telescope to cool to its cryogenic operating temperature of minus 387.7 degrees…
Small distant galaxies host supermassive black holes
“It's kind of a chicken or egg problem: Which came first, the supermassive black hole or the massive galaxy? This study shows that even low-mass galaxies have…
UC San Diego's HPWREN aids in recent supernova discovery
A recent discovery by scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley, of a supernova within…
Hubble Movies Provide Unprecedented View of Supersonic Jets From Young Stars
The jets are a byproduct of gas accretion around newly forming stars and shoot off at supersonic speeds of about 100 miles per second in opposite directions…