The Spectacle of Star Death

Take a breathtaking journey into the future, five billion years from now, to see the ultimate fate of the Solar System. This gem from HubbleCast showcases stunning Hubble imagery of [...]

Pulsar Enigma Discovered

From NASA Astrophysics. Hidden deep within a group of ancient stars, there lurks a young and powerful enigma. This is NGC 6624, a globular cluster near our galaxy’s center thought [...]

Unexplained Gamma-Ray Pulsar

From NASA Astrophysics and Goddard Space Flight Center. In December 2010, a pair of mismatched stars in the southern constellation Crux whisked past each other at a distance closer than [...]

Flare States of the Crab Nebula

For those who haven’t seen it, this is from NASA Astrophysics and the amazings at Goddard Space Flight Center. The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous [...]

Hubble Targeting the Big Questions

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is working on three of the most ambitious projects in its history just now. These multicycle treasury programs are using Hubble’s unique ability to observe [...]