Space Telescope
Hubble Scores a Perfect Ten
Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2),…
Keck Telescope and 'cosmic lens' resolve nature and fate of early star-forming galaxy
Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have provided unique insight into the nature of a young star-forming…
A Celestial Landscape in Celebration of 10 Years of Stunning Hubble Heritage Images
The Hubble Heritage Project, which began in October 1998, has released nearly 130 images mined from the Hubble data archive as well as a number of observations…
Sharpening Up Jupiter
A record two-hour observation of Jupiter using a superior technique to remove atmospheric blur has produced the sharpest whole-planet picture ever taken from…
Diffusion caused Jupiter's Red Spot Junior to colour up
Dr Santiago Pérez-Hoyos, of the Planetary Science Group of the University of the Basque Country in Spain, is presenting the findings at the European Planetary…
NASA renames observatory for Fermi, reveals entire gamma-ray sky
NASA announced today that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The new name honors Prof. Enrico Fermi (1901 – 1954), a pioneer in…