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Illustration of Roman Space telescope in space.
NASA launches astronomical wide-angle lens into space – what will the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope capture, and how does it differ from James Webb and Hubble?

By Alan Palazon Published

News The observatory will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s, acting as a wide-angle lens snapping vast swaths of the night sky, to help unravel mysteries of dark energy and exoplanets

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A galaxy glittering with stars and blue and red gas clouds.
Clusters of bright blue stars and glowing red gas clouds steal the show in this new Hubble image of a glittering galaxy that stopped me in my tracks

By Alan Palazon Published

News NASA has published a new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope depicting a nearby spiral galaxy “glittering” with clusters of stars

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An illustration of what the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope could look like in space
Hubble would have taken a century to do what NASA’s next telescope can do in a month. The 300MP Roman Telescope is nearly ready for launch

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE NASA has completed assembly and testing on the 300-megapixel Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, so a launch could come as soon as September

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Image of spiral galaxy captured by Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble captures images of an “ethereal” spiral galaxy located 380 million light-years from Earth

By Alan Palazon Published

SPACE IC 486, a barred spiral galaxy, lies at the edge of the constellation Gemini an inconceivable 380 million light-years from Earth

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A comparison shot of the 2024 image and 1999 image
Old tech can learn new tricks. Colorful comparison photos of Crab Nebula wouldn’t have been possible with newer telescopes, NASA says

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

ASTRO Images of the same colorful nebulae 25 years apart are a key example of why the Hubble Space Telescope's longevity matters

ASTRO
A photograph of the Egg Nebula, a pre-planetary nebula, captured by he Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s new photo of this egg-shaped dying star is both art and science

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE Hubble has captured its clearest view yet of the closest pre-planetary nebula, dubbed Egg Nebula, a dying Sun-like star

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image of the star cluster NGC 346
Jaw-dropping photo of Milky Way neighbor celebrates Hubble Telescope's 35th birthday in style

By Chris George Published

News Newly-processed image of Small Magellanic Cloud star cluster shows that this old space telescope can still impress with its pictures

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The Andromeda Galaxy
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope creates largest photomosaic ever made of "train wreck" Andromeda galaxy with over 2.5 billion pixels

By Leonie Helm Published

It took 10 years, 1,000 Hubble orbits, and required over 600 overlapping images

Astrophotography
Messier 83
The Dark Energy Camera captures new image of one of the most prominent spiral galaxies in incredible detail

By Leonie Helm Published

Messier 83 was discovered in 1752, but it wasn't realized that it's actually a galaxy outside the Milky Way until Edwin Hubble

Astrophotography
The Andromeda Galaxy
Happy Birthday Dr Edwin Hubble! 135th anniversary of the astronomer who gave his name to the Hubble Space Telescope

By Leonie Helm Published

One of the greatest astronomer's, who changed our entire understanding of the universe, was born 135 years ago today

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