Space Telescope
NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy
In conjunction with Galileo's birthday on Feb. 15, NASA is releasing images from its Great Observatories — the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space…
Nanotechnology makes supertelescopes much more sensitive
In Chile's Atacama desert, technicians and astronomers from around the world are currently working on the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). This consists…
Astronomers discover link between supermassive black holes and galaxy formation
“They evolved in lockstep,” said The University of Texas at Austin's John Kormendy, who co-authored the research with Ralf Bender of Germany's…
NASA Invites Public to Choose Hubble's Next Discovery
NASA is inviting the public to vote for one of six candidate astronomical objects for Hubble to observe in honor of the International Year of Astronomy. The…
Hubble Snaps Images of a Nebula Within a Cluster
NGC 2818 is one of very few planetary nebulae in our galaxy located within an open cluster. Open clusters, in general, are loosely bound and they disperse over…
First ground-based detection of light from transiting exoplanets
The transit event causes a small drop in the observed starlight, which can then be detected. Fifty-five exoplanets have been detected this way since the…