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Hubble Telescope spots a stunning spiral galaxy shining in the 'Little Lion' (image)

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published

A new Hubble Telescope image shines a spotlight on a classic spiral galaxy named NGC 3430.

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The Draco dwarf is a faint, star-poor but dark-matter rich galaxy. Here we see Hubble zooming in on some of its stars.
Hubble Telescope tracks a dwarf galaxy's stars to map out dark matter

By Keith Cooper Published

By measuring the motions of stars in the Draco dwarf galaxy, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to map the density profile of dark matter.

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three orange and blue clouds of gas in space reach upwards similar to architectural pillars
Tour the famous 'Pillars of Creation' with gorgeous new 3D views from Hubble and JWST (video)

By Conor Feehly Published

Data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes combine to create an awe-inspiring visualization of the Pillars of Creation.

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a colorful pink and purple cloud in space surrounded by bright pinpoints of light
Hubble Telescope spies baby stars in their glowing stellar cocoon (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson Published

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning new photo of infant stars nestled in a glowing cocoon of gas and dust.

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a stunning spiral galaxy hangs dimly in the dark of space; a bright light at its center illuminates nearby gasses, swirling around in shades of pale blues, whites and crisp browns.
Hubble Telescope bounces back with glorious galaxy pic in '1-gyroscope mode'

By Keith Cooper Published

The Hubble Space Telescope snapped a striking shot of the fluffy spiral galaxy NGC 1546, showing it can still observe the heavens in its new one-gyroscope mode.

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hubble space telescope of a distant galaxy, showing dots of bright pink that represent active star birth
Hubble Telescope shares stunning galactic view despite recent hardware malfunction (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson Published

A gorgeous new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, which is down to two functioning gyroscopes, captures the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3059.

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a galactic disc of gas sucks the light off a closer red star.
A star that exploded like a nuclear bomb is still raising questions half a century later

By Keith Cooper Published

The nova caused HM Sge to brighten in our night sky by 250 times.

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A billionaire wanted to save the Hubble Telescope — here's why NASA politely declined

By Monisha Ravisetti Published

Billionaire Jared Isaacman wanted to conduct a private Hubble Telescope reboost mission. NASA says 'not yet.'

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The Hubble Space Telescope is old. Here's NASA's new plan to keep it alive through 2035

By Mike Wall Published

The Hubble Space Telescope will soon go into one-gyroscope mode, a move that will decrease the iconic observatory's productivity but give it margin for the future.

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A metallic-wrapped spacecraft in space, which looks black, above Earth.
NASA will give a Hubble Telescope status update today. Should we be worried?

By Monisha Ravisetti last updated

One of the Hubble Telescope's three gyroscopes started glitching recently. On June 4, NASA is likely to share an update about the device's status.

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