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'Comet Galaxy' Ripped Apart by Galaxy Cluster

Tags: comet  galaxy  hubble 

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with several other ground- and space-based telescopes, has captured a galaxy being ripped apart by a galaxy cluster's gravitational field and harsh environment. The finding sheds light on the mysterious process by which gas-rich spiral-shaped...

Celebrating Hubble's 17th Birthday w/Violent Stellar Fire

Tags: birthday  Hubble  space  telescope 

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 17th birthday with one of the largest panoramic images ever taken. The violent stellar fireworks of the Carina Nebula. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen) Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury Design: Martin Kornmesser Web...

NGC 2808 Globular Cluster, Multiple Stellar 'Baby Booms'

Tags: cluster  globular  NGC2808 

New Hubble observations of the massive globular cluster NGC 2808 provide evidence that it has three generations of stars instead of one as current theories predict. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), Daniel Verschatse - Observatorio Antilhue - Chile Narration: Dr. Robert...

Hubble Discovers Ring of Dark Matter

Tags: Dark  Matter  Universe 

An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs...

A Battle of Giants - Telescopes in Space & on the Ground

Tags: Hubble  Telescope 

Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space - is it a battle of the telescope giants? Credit:...

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