Press Releases & Feature Stories Archive - Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory

Hubble Focuses on a Large Lenticular

05.19.2022

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image looks at one of the nearest, massive lenticular galaxies to Earth, NGC 1023 some 36 million light-years away.

Hubble Reaches New Milestone in Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate

05.19.2022

Completing a nearly 30-year marathon, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has calibrated more than 40 "milepost markers" of space and time to help scientists precisely measure the expansion rate of the universe.

Hubble Peers Through Giant Elliptical’s Layers

05.18.2022

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the central region of the gigantic elliptical galaxy NGC 474.

Hubble Reveals a River of Star Formation

05.17.2022

This newly revised NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Hickson Compact Group 31 (HCG 31) of galaxies highlights streams of star-formation as four dwarf galaxies interact.

Hubble Captures Giant Elliptical in the Head of the Serpent

05.13.2022

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image spotlights the giant elliptical galaxy, UGC 10143, at the heart of galaxy cluster, Abell 2147.

A Small Sombrero for Hubble

05.12.2022

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope images NGC 7814, known as the "Little Sombrero.”

Hubble Spies a Hidden Galaxy

05.11.2022

This sparkling, face-on Hubble view of the center of galaxy IC 342 displays intertwined tendrils of dust in spectacular arms that wrap around a brilliant core of hot gas and stars.

Hubble Images a Dwarf Spiral with Multiple Mysteries

05.10.2022

This Hubble image shows a section of the spiral galaxy nicknamed the Needle’s Eye – an appropriately diminutive name for a dwarf spiral galaxy.

Hubble’s Double Take on a Spiral Galaxy

05.06.2022

The magnificent spiral galaxy M99 fills the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Reveals Surviving Companion Star in Aftermath of Supernova

05.05.2022

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a witness at the scene of a star's explosive death: a companion star previously hidden in the glare of its partner's supernova.

NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning

04.30.2022

Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments.

Hubble Views a Galactic Oddity

04.29.2022

The ultra-diffuse galaxy GAMA 526784 appears as a tenuous patch of light in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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04.22.2022

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Hubble Explores Galactic Wings

04.22.2022

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features two merging galaxies in the VV-689 system, nicknamed the Angel Wing.

Celebrating Hubble's 32nd Birthday with an Eclectic Galaxy Grouping

04.19.2022

In a lonely patch of the universe, five tightly grouped galaxies engage in a leisurely dance.

Hubble Snaps a Spectacular Spiral

04.15.2022

The spiral galaxy M91 fills the frame of this Wide Field Camera 3 observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Sheds Light on Origins of Supermassive Black Holes

04.13.2022

Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that is considered a crucial "missing link" between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black holes.

Webb Telescope’s Coldest Instrument Reaches Operating Temperature

04.13.2022

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will see the first galaxies to form after the big bang, but to do that its instruments first need to get cold – really cold. On April 7, Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) – a joint development by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) – reached its final operating temperature below 7 kelvins.

Hubble Confirms Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen

04.12.2022

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers.

Hubble Spies a Serpentine Spiral

04.08.2022

The lazily winding spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 5921 snake across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Probes Extreme Weather on Ultra-Hot Jupiters

04.06.2022

In studying a unique class of ultra-hot exoplanets, NASA Hubble Space Telescope astronomers may be in the mood for dancing to the Calypso party song "Hot, Hot, Hot."

Hubble Finds a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way

04.04.2022

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an "intense and violent process." This discovery supports a long-debated theory for how planets like Jupiter form, called "disk instability."