Hubble Space Telescope
First evidence of water vapour at Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Astronomers have used archival datasets from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to reveal the first evidence for water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s...
Astronomers make first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet
Using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, astronomers have unambiguously detected the presence of...
Hubble captured an unbarred spiral galaxy in fantastic detail
It is about 130,000 light-years across.
Hubble recently captured an almost delicate beauty of a galaxy cluster
Hubble watches cosmic light bend.
Hubble detected changes in Saturn’s vast and turbulent atmosphere
Hubble sees changing seasons on Saturn.
Hubble captured a detailed image of the unusual planetary nebula Abell 78
Re-energized planetary nebula.
Hubble captured a nebula distributing its elements into the interstellar medium
An interstellar interaction.
First cloudless, Jupiter-like planet discovered
It completes a rotation around its star in just four-and-a-half days.
Astronomers dissected the anatomy of two planetary nebulae
Shedding new light on nebula formation processes.
Hubble captured the largest and one of the most complete Einstein rings ever
Hubble Sees a ‘Molten Ring’.
A mysterious dark vortex is seen on Neptune
Dark Storm on Neptune reverses direction, possibly shedding a fragmens.