Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble telescope confirms evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole
Science | Apr 01, 2020, 10:24 AM ISTHubble Space Telescope revealed the strongesr evidence for mid-sized black holes in the universe. Hubble has also confirmed that this "intermediate-mass" black hole dwells inside a dense star.
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Hubble Space Telescope helps in precise measurement of universe's expansion
Science | Jan 09, 2020, 01:49 PM ISTAstronomers, using the Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the precise rate at which the universe is expanding, by employing a technique completely independent of any previous method.
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Did you mean NASA? Pakistan Science Minister claims Pak sent Hubble to space, gets trolled on Twitter
World | May 07, 2019, 12:12 PM ISTIn fact, the minister was even trolled by his own country. Read on to find the most hilarious tweets in response to the minister's statement.
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Hubble discovers mysterious dark storm on Neptune: NASA
Feb 08, 2019, 04:41 PM ISTLike Earth, Uranus and Neptune have seasons, which likely drive some of the features in their atmospheres, according to the US space agency.
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Hubble finds dwarf galaxy in our cosmic neighbourhood
Feb 03, 2019, 05:01 PM ISTThe team used the NASA/ESA (European Space Agency) telescope to study white dwarf stars within the globular cluster NGC 6752.
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NASA confirms suspension of Hubble's most advanced camera following hardware problem
Jan 10, 2019, 12:32 PM ISTHubble is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, providing an unobstructed view into the universe.
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Hubble Space Telescope discovers planet vanishing at record speed
Dec 14, 2018, 12:05 PM ISTResearchers hypothesise that these Neptunes get stripped of their atmospheres and ultimately become smaller planets.
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NASA's Hubble spots cosmic smiley among colourful galaxies
World | Nov 05, 2018, 04:15 PM ISTThe Hubble Space telescope has spotted a formation of galaxies that resembles a smiling face in the sky.
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NASA says Hubble space telescope returns to science operations
Oct 29, 2018, 07:19 PM ISTOne of Hubble’s gyros failed on October 5, and the spacecraft's operations team activated a backup gyro the next day.
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Hubble Space Telescope set to peer in to earliest galaxies: NASA
Sep 16, 2018, 01:21 PM ISTInitial observations show the galaxy cluster Abell 370 and a host of magnified, gravitationally lensed galaxies around it.
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NASA's Hubble telescope detects massive cluster of 10-billion-years-old stars
Jun 30, 2018, 04:04 PM ISTThis rich and dense smattering of stars is a massive globular cluster, a gravitationally bound collection of stars that orbits the Milky Way.
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Neptune's 14th moon discovered
World | Jul 16, 2013, 04:39 PM ISTCape Canaveral, July 16: The new moon, Neptune's tiniest at just 19.3 km across, is designated S/2004 N 1.The U.S. space agency has announced the discovery of Neptune's 14th moon. The Hubble Space Telescope captured
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NASA finds blue planet where it rains glass
World | Jul 12, 2013, 04:46 PM ISTWashington, July 12: In the planet, daytime temperature is nearly 1,093°C and it rains glass — sideways — in 7,242 kmph winds; discovery marks the first time an exoplanet's true colour has been determinedNASA scientists
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NASA Powers Down Discovery For The Final Time After 28 Years
World | Dec 17, 2011, 10:41 AM ISTHouston, Dec 17: NASA has powered down space shuttle Discovery for the final time, nearly three decades after it first rolled out and went on to deploy 21 satellites, including the Hubble Space Telescope, commercial