27 January 2017
Distant quasars help refine the rate of the expanding Universe
... quasar as it arrived at slightly different times depending on the route it had taken through the different lens. "The Hubble constant is crucial for modern astronomy as it can help to confirm or refute whether our picture of the Universe – composed...
27 April 2016
Dwarf planet MakeMake found to have a moon
...orbital path of M2 may prove a little difficult without further Hubble observations. “Our preliminary estimates show that the moon's orbit...doubt will be aided by observations from the Hubble Space Telescope – a spacecraft that has been instrumental in studying ...
27 September 2016
Astronomers observe possible water vapour plumes on Europa
...from the surface of Europa by astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Researchers suspect that the high altitude plumes ...suggested. Six years ago, a team also using Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph instrument detected what was ...
March 2021
Messier 82’s starburst magnetic highway
... it is the closest example of this celestial type, it is ripe for exploratory science investigations. Observations of Messier 82, using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, reveal hydrogen gas and infrared dust hitching a ride...
12 March 2021
Scientists find a rocky exoplanet rebuilding its atmosphere
... Swain of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, decided to point the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope at the exoplanet instead. To the team’s surprise, observations with Hubble picked up spectral signs of hydrogen cyanide (HCN), methane, and an aerosol haze...
28 March 2018
Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again
...a hitch? Let's not forget JWST’s predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble, which was the JWST of its time, was also...serious problem with the optical system and it was discovered that Hubble's main mirror had not been ground properly. It took a ...
