The Hubble Space Telescope meets the IMAX film format in the creation of an award-winning short feature entitled "Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time", available for showing in IMAX theaters worldwide.
Making a Short, but Very Large, Movie
Hubble Heritage Archive: Planetary Nebula NGC 5189
The text and images in this article were originally published on December 18, 2012, and reflect information about NGC 5189 available at that time. A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style Tis the season for holiday decorating and tree-trimming. Not to be left out, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have photographed a festive-looking nearby planetary nebula called... Continue Reading →
Hubble Heritage Archive: V838 Monocerotis
The text and images in this article were originally published on March 4, 2003, and reflect information about V838 Monocerotis available at that time. Space Phenomenon Imitates Art in Universe's Version of Van Gogh Painting "Starry Night," Vincent van Gogh's famous painting, is renowned for its bold whorls of light sweeping across a raging night... Continue Reading →
Fields of View
When I worked on the Hubble Space Telescope mission, I made a lot of images from Hubble data that revealed amazing landscapes of space. You can see these images at HubbleSite. Aside from the remarkable colors, resolution and sharpness of the images, one of their other defining characteristics was how small a piece of the... Continue Reading →
Guest Post: A New Take on a Comet’s Impact for Hubble’s 30th
Judy Schmidt is an amateur astronomer and tireless image processor of the Hubble archive. This post details her recent work on the impact of Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter for the BBC/Discovery Science Channel's documentary Hubble: Thirty Years of Discovery. Last September I found myself facing an unusual request. I'd just gotten off the phone with... Continue Reading →
Diving into the Cosmic Reef
This blog post is one in a series marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more information and resources regarding Hubble’s 30th anniversary, please visit hubblesite. The Hubble Space Telescope recently celebrated its 30th year, looking deep into the cosmos to bring us views that continue to awe and inspire us. The... Continue Reading →
Future Science with Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope’s celebration of thirty years in space this April is a time to not just look back to the tremendous accomplishments that have happened over that span, but also to look forward. Originally conceived as a Great Observatory, Hubble’s flexibility enables a wide range of science. Its ability and willingness to adapt... Continue Reading →
Surfing the Cosmic Reef
This blog post is one in a series marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more information and resources regarding Hubble’s 30th anniversary, please visit hubblesite. Thirty years is a long time. In fact, thirty years is roughly the span of a generation. Thus, it is no exaggeration to say that an... Continue Reading →
Hubble’s 2020 vision
It took us 30 years to get to NGC 2020.
Hubble Gives Us a Front Row Seat to the Universe
This blog post is one in a series marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more information and resources regarding Hubble’s 30th anniversary, please visit hubblesite. This particular post by Ray Villard also relates to a series of articles available here. Since its launch in April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has... Continue Reading →