Warped Galaxy in Turmoil

From HubbleCast and Dr. J. The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a close-up view of the galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble’s multi-wavelength image is the most detailed ever made of this [...]

Into the Spider’s Lair

From Hubblecast, the famed Tarantula Nebula explored in a detailed new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a small companion galaxy of our [...]

Planet Vulcan: Toxic Oasis

Check out this animation from the Kepler space telescope portraying a dramatic planetary discovery. Kepler-10b, it’s called, orbits its sun at a distance more than 20 times closer than Mercury [...]

Planet from Another Galaxy (about to get cooked)

From EsoCast. An exoplanet orbiting a star that entered our Milky Way from another galaxy has been detected by a European team of astronomers. The Jupiter-like planet is particularly unusual, [...]

Hubble 20th Anniversary in Space

The famous Dr. J. stages an awards ceremony for the Hubble Space Telescope. He summarizes Hubble’s major achievements and its central role in a revolution in our understanding of the [...]