dust rings

Illustration of the dust ring surrounding HD 181327. Credit: Amanda Smith, University of Cambridge

First Evidence of Icy Comets Orbiting a Sun-like Star

University of Cambridge 24/05/2016

The results are a first step in establishing the...

In the constellation Cassiopeia, 7,100 lightyears away, a start 45-times as heavy as our Sun is blowing out superhot winds of gas travelling at 6.4 million km/hr. These winds push against the much cooler blanket of interstellar gas, bunching them up along the surface of a giant bubble over seven lightyears across. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

10 Iconic Images to Recall 26 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

Vasudevan Mukunth 24/04/2016

Because of the popularity of its images, Hubble will...