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| Stripped down: Hubble highlights two galaxies that are losing it [heic0911] |
| A newly released set of images, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope before the recent Servicing Mission, highlights the ongoing drama in two galaxies in the Virgo Cluster affected by a process known as "ram pressure stripping", which can result in peculiar-looking galaxies. An extremely hot X-ray emitting gas known as the intra-cluster medium lurks between galaxies within clusters. As galaxies move through this intra-cluster medium, strong winds rip through galaxies distorting their shape and even halting star formation. |
| Date: 30 Sep 2009 |
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| Rebirth of an icon: Hubble's first images since Servicing Mission 4 [heic0910] |
| Astronomers today declared the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory ready for a new decade of exploration, with the release of observations from four of its six operating science instruments. |
| Date: 09 Sep 2009 |
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| Hubble captures rare Jupiter collision [heic0909] |
| The checkout and calibration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter. The spot, caused by the impact of a comet or an asteroid, is changing from day to day in the planet's cloud tops. |
| Date: 24 Jul 2009 |
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| Commissioning Hubble - preparing for science observations |
| The fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope may be over but for the ESA Hubble scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, USA, the end of the servicing mission signalled the start of a period of intense investigation and analysis as the two new, and two repaired, instruments are commissioned and prepared for scientific observations. |
| Date: 09 Jun 2009 |
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| Historic Hubble Servicing Mission 4 ends with successful landing [heic0908] |
| The historic and successful Hubble Servicing Mission 4 concluded with a trouble-free Space Shuttle landing on Sunday. During a series of unprecedented spacewalks, astronauts replaced and repaired a total of four instruments. The Wide Field Camera 3 and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph were installed and the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph were successfully repaired. |
| Date: 24 May 2009 |
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| ESA support team in action for HST servicing mission |
| The fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is now underway. Although most eyes will be on the astronauts as they carry out the instrument replacement activities a lot of behind-the-scenes work will be going on in support of these activities. This includes the work of a dedicated ESA engineering support team monitoring the ESA hardware on the HST. |
| Date: 13 May 2009 |
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| Servicing Mission 4 - the fifth and final visit to Hubble [heic0907] |
| On 11 May 2009, Space Shuttle Atlantis will launch with a crew of seven to visit the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and carry out the fifth and final servicing mission. The replacement and repair of several instruments will see Hubble equipped to continue its programme of discovery well into the next decade. |
| Date: 01 May 2009 |
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| Hubble celebrates 19th anniversary with fountain of youth [heic0906] |
| To commemorate the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 19 years of success, the orbiting telescope has photographed a peculiar system of galaxies known as Arp 194. This interacting group contains several galaxies along with a "cosmic fountain" of stars, gas and dust that stretches over 100 000 light years. |
| Date: 21 Apr 2009 |
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| Dramatically backlit dust in giant galaxy [heic0905] |
| A new Hubble image highlights striking swirling dust lanes and glittering globular clusters in oddball galaxy NGC 7049. |
| Date: 07 Apr 2009 |
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| Four of Saturn's moons parade by their parent [heic0904] |
| A new Hubble image shows four of Saturn's moons circling the ringed planet.
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| Date: 17 Mar 2009 |
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| New evidence for dark matter around small galaxies [heic0903] |
| The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a strong new line of evidence that galaxies are embedded in halos of dark matter. |
| Date: 12 Mar 2009 |
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| Stars forced to relocate near the Southern Fish [heic0902] |
| A new Hubble image shows three galaxies locked in a gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them. |
| Date: 03 Mar 2009 |
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| Exceptionally deep view of strange galaxy [heic0901] |
| A spectacular new image of an unusual spiral galaxy in the Coma Galaxy Cluster has been created from data taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It reveals fine details of the galaxy, NGC 4921, as well as an extraordinary rich background of more remote galaxies stretching back to the early Universe. |
| Date: 05 Feb 2009 |
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| You can choose Hubble's next discovery – vote before 1 March |
| To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy you are invited to participate in the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's next astronomical discovery. Cast your vote online (before 1 March 2009) to choose your favourite from six candidate objects that will be observed with this telescope for the very first time. |
| Date: 02 Feb 2009 |
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| Hubble finds carbon dioxide on an extrasolar planet [heic0823] |
| The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding the chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life, as we know it. |
| Date: 09 Dec 2008 |
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| Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars [heic0822] |
| Two of our Galaxy's most massive stars have been scrutinised in an impressive view by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. They have, until recently, been shrouded in mystery, but the new image shows them in greater detail than ever before. |
| Date: 24 Nov 2008 |
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| Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut [heic0821] |
| The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible light snapshot of a planet circling another star. |
| Date: 13 Nov 2008 |
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| The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is back in business [heic0820] |
| The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business with a snapshot of the fascinating galaxy pair Arp 147. |
| Date: 30 Oct 2008 |
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| When it comes to galaxies, diversity is everywhere [heic0819] |
| A group of galaxies in our cosmic backyard has given astronomers clues about how stars form. A thorough survey using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed around 14 million stars in 69 galaxies. Some galaxies were found to be full of ancient stars, while others are like sun-making factories. |
| Date: 30 Sep 2008 |
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| Clash of clusters provides new dark matter clue [heic0818] |
| A powerful collision between galaxy clusters has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This clash of clusters provides striking evidence for dark matter and insight into its properties. |
| Date: 27 Aug 2008 |
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