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The latest news about astronomy, space, and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (Author: ESA/Hubble)
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Recent episodes from Hubblecast

  • Hubblecast 19 Special: Bigger Is Better
    Published: Sep 3, 08
    In this new Hubblecast episode, Dr. J guides us through the second chapter of Eyes on the Skies, the International Astronomical Union's official movie celebrating the telescope on its 400th anniversary in 2009.
     
  • Hubblecast 18: Hubble Sees Magnetic Monster In Erupting Galaxy
    Published: Aug 20, 08
    The Hubble Space Telescope has solved a long-standing puzzle by resolving giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275. It is the most striking example so far of the influence of the immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields.
     
  • Hubblecast 17 Special: New Views Of The Skies
    Published: Jul 25, 08
    In this new Hubblecast episode, Dr. J guides us through the first chapter of Eyes on the Skies, the International Astronomical Union's official movie celebrating the telescope on its 400th anniversary in 2009.
     
  • Hubblecast 16: Galaxies Gone Wild!
    Published: Apr 24, 08
    One of the big mysteries in astronomy is how galaxies grow and evolve over time. Collisions between galaxies are thought to be key events that shape their development. A stunning collection of 59 new images of colliding galaxies has been released to mark the 18th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. They give us a unique insight into how galaxies collide to form larger galaxies.
     
  • Hubblecast 15: Black Hole Found In Enigmatic Omega Centauri
    Published: Apr 2, 08
    For astronomers, Omega Centauri has been an outcast amongst globular clusters for a long time. A new result obtained by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory provides a surprising explanation for Omega Centauri's peculiarities.
     
  • Hubblecast 14: Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule On Extrasolar Planet
    Published: Mar 19, 08
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our Solar System.
     
  • Hubblecast 13: Gargantuan Galaxy Ngc 1132 - A Cosmic Fossil
    Published: Feb 5, 08
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC 1132, which is most likely to be a cosmic fossil - the aftermath of an enormous multi-galactic pile-up, where the carnage of collision after collision has built up a brilliant but fuzzy giant elliptical galaxy far outshining typical galaxies.
     
  • Hubblecast 12: Murk On A Monster Planet
    Published: Dec 11, 07
    Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found the first clear evidence of high altitude haze or clouds in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. This discovery reveals a deeper understanding of the class of giant planets that astronomers call hot Jupiters.
     
  • Hubblecast 11: A Grand Design In A Galactic Festoon
    Published: Nov 29, 07
    The galaxy Messier 74 lies at a distance of over 30 million light years. In this latest image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope the enormous swirls of this stunning spiral galaxy arc across space, adorned with glowing pink regions of hydrogen gas and lit by the pale blue light of millions of newly formed stars.
     
  • Hubblecast 10: Making The Universe Come To Life - Behind The Hubble Images
    Published: Nov 8, 07
    We live in a Universe of unimaginable scale and almost incomprehensible beauty. How is the light from the Universe transformed into the images that have inspired generations by making the Universe come to life?
     
  • Hubblecast 09: Extreme Star Cluster Bursts Into Life!
    Published: Oct 2, 07
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 3603, a giant nebula hosting one of the most prominent massive young clusters in the Milky Way. This is a splendid location for continued studies of stellar birth in star forming regions.
     
  • Hubblecast 08: A Step Closer To Our Origin
    Published: Sep 6, 07
    By scrutinising the Hubble Ultra Deep field - the deepest image of the sky ever made - the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant Universe.
     
  • Hubblecast 07: Uncovering The Veil Nebula
    Published: Jul 31, 07
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded some 5-10,000 years ago. The new Hubble images provide beautiful views of the delicate, wispy structure resulting from this cosmic explosion.
     
  • Hubblecast 06: A Battle Of Giants - Telescopes In Space And On The Ground
    Published: Jun 25, 07
    Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space - is it a battle of the telescope giants?
     
  • Hubblecast 05: Hubble Discovers Ring Of Dark Matter
    Published: May 15, 07
    An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter.