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Using the unparalleled sharpness and ultraviolet observational capabilities of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has created the most comprehensive high-resolution ultraviolet-light survey of star-forming galaxies in the local Universe. The catalogue contains about 8000 clusters and 39 million hot blue stars.
Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image
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Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This distorted galaxy is the relic of a collision between two spiral galaxies, estimated to have occurred 500 million years ago. Today it is still reeling in the aftermath of this event.
Young stars sculpt gas with powerful outflows
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. This is the first time this element has been detected in the atmosphere of a planet outside the Solar System. The discovery demonstrates the ability to use infrared spectra to study exoplanet extended atmospheres.
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Hubbles sharpest view of the Orion Nebula
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New infrared view of the Horsehead Nebula Hubbles 23rd anniversary image
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Cosmic collision lights up the darkness
Most detailed image of the Crab Nebula
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Hubble shows the local Universe in ultraviolet
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An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope has made the most precise test of general relativity yet outside our Milky Way. The nearby galaxy ESO 325-G004 acts as a strong gravitational lens, distorting light from a distant galaxy behind it to create an Einstein ring around its centre. By comparing the mass of ESO 325-G004 with the curvature of space around it, the astronomers found that gravity on these astronomical length-scales behaves as predicted by general relativity. This rules out some alternative theories of gravity.
Hubble proves Einstein correct on galactic scales
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The Eagle has risen: stellar spire in the Eagle Nebula
Hubblecast 111: Hubble sees `Oumuamua getting a boost
Hubblecast 104: Illustrating Hubbles discoveries
Out of this whirl: The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and companion galaxy
Westerlund 2 Hubbles 25th anniversary image
Hubblecast 103: Hubble observes source of gravitational waves for the first time
Hubbles 28th birthday picture: The Lagoon Nebula
Hubblecast 109: Diving into the Lagoon Nebula
Hubblecast 108: Hubble finds most distant star
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Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula NGC 6302
Hubblecast 102: Taking the fingerprints of exoplanets
Hubblecast 107: Decoding the colours of NGC 3344
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December issue of ESA/Hubble/JWST Science Newsletter now available
Hubble mosaic of the majestic Sombrero Galaxy
Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time
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Exoplanets and proto-planetary discs
`Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, is moving away from the Sun faster than expected. This anomalous behaviour was detected using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in cooperation with ground-based telescopes. The new results suggest that `Oumuamua is most likely a comet and not an asteroid. The discovery appears in the journal Nature.
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