A fresh analysis of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák observations suggests it abruptly reversed its spin after its last Earth flyby—an extreme and unprecedented change.
T he Hubble Space Telescope is still orbiting Earth, snapping stunning photos of celestial phenomena close to home. One of the latest captures the Egg Nebula, a young nebula surrounding a dying star ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 6956. The galaxy is located "214 million light-years ...
A deep space photographer spent months photographing the Crab Nebula and found his composite image, when compared with the 1999 image from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the supernova's expansion.
NASA shared images of the Egg Nebula as the star inside it is dying. #hubblespace #dyingstar #eggnebula #spaceexploration ...
A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen ...
A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on ...
Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to ...
The Egg Nebula, located around 1,000 light years away, is home to a dying star entering last phase of its life.
First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...
It's the final act for a star in the constellation Cygnus, some 1,000 light-years away. But this star is not dying without one final show, it appears — and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured ...
NASA said Tuesday the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in what’s called the Egg ...