Hubble’s Greatest Snaps

Here’s Hubble’s best year by year from HubbleCast: 1990: Saturn Among the first images to be sent back from Hubble after its launch in April 1990, this image of Saturn [...]

The Violent End Stage of Star Formation

EsoCast showcases a new Hubble image of a giant cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by a bright young star. The image shows how violent the end stages of the star [...]

Extreme Solar Flares

From NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. Solar flares may seem like far-away events, but they can damage satellites and even ground-based technologies and power grids. Every 11 years, as the sun [...]

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 [...]

Neutron Star Collision and Gamma Ray Burst Discove

From NASA Astrophysics and Goddard Space Flight Center. Every day or two, on average, satellites detect a massive explosion somewhere in the sky. These are gamma-ray bursts, the brightest blasts [...]