All posts tagged Hubble Telescope

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A Hidden Treasure in the Large Magellanic Cloud
January 18, 2013 · No comments

Nearly 200 000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the...

This image from the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile shows NGC 6388, a dynamically middle-aged globular cluster in the Milky Way. While the cluster formed in the distant past (like all globular clusters, it is over ten billion years old), a study of the distribution of bright blue stars within the cluster shows that it has aged at a moderate speed, and its heaviest stars are in the process of migrating to the centre. A new study using ESO data has discovered that globular clusters of the same age can have dramatically different distributions of blue straggler stars within them, suggesting that clusters can age at substantially different rates.

Stars Reveal the Secrets of Looking Young
December 19, 2012 · No comments

Some people are in great shape at the age of 90, while others are decrepit...

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Hubble Sees a Galaxy Hit a Bullseye
December 6, 2012 · No comments

Bright pink nebulae almost completely encircle a spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

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Hubble Goes to the EXtreme to Assemble the Deepest Ever View of the Universe
September 26, 2012 · No comments

Like photographers assembling a portfolio of their best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved...

NASA’s Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision
May 31, 2012 · No comments

NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event...