This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, released to celebrate Hubble's 26th year in orbit, captures in stunning clarity what looks like a gigantic cosmic soap bubble. The object, known as the Bubble Nebula, is in ...
Astronomy
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Once upon a time, when NASA's shuttles were still flying, an astronaut read a children's story from space.
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2015
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NASA has selected four veteran astronauts to lead the way back into orbit from U.S. soil.
Space Exploration
Jul 9, 2015
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John Glenn, who declared as a 77-year-old in a news conference from space that "to look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible," says facts about scientific discovery should be taught ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2015
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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has now been in orbit for 25 years and this achievement has been a wonderful excuse to pore over the telescope's beautiful imagery, to consider its valuable contribution to science, to remember ...
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2015
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The glittering tapestry of young stars flaring to life in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image aptly resembles an exploding shell in a fireworks display. This vibrant image of the star cluster Westerlund 2 has been ...
Astronomy
Apr 23, 2015
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Hubble, it's your turn to smile for the cameras!
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2015
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Iconic images of astronomical pillars of gas and dust, views of galaxies soon after they were formed, an accelerating universe driven by Dark Energy… "give us more!" say the public and the taxpayers. The Hubble Space Telescope ...
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2015
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One of NASA's crowning glories, the Hubble Space Telescope, marks its 25th anniversary this week.
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2015
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Hubble, the first telescope to revolutionize modern astronomy and change our view of the universe by offering glimpses of distant galaxies, marks its 25th year in space this week.
Astronomy
Apr 21, 2015
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