by Jonathan Nally | Sep 29, 2021 | Astronomy, News, Planets
Above: Jupiter and its Great Red Spot, with the moon Europa on the left. The image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth. Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M....
by Jonathan Nally | Dec 16, 2019 | Astronomy, Comets, News
Above: Comet 2I/Borisov with its ejected dust cloud and trail is seen in the centre of this picture, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The white object at left is a far-distant background galaxy, the appearance of which is slightly smeared because the telescope...
by Jonathan Nally | Oct 24, 2019 | Astronomy, Comets, Cosmology, News
Above: On October 12, 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope observed Comet 2I/Borisov at a distance of approximately 420 million kilometres from Earth. Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA) The Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best view yet of an...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 13, 2019 | Astronomy, Planets
The image above shows amazing detail and colour in Jupiter’s cloud bands, as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The planet’s famous Great Red Spot (GRS) — about twice the diameter of Earth — is prominent. The giant anticyclone is nestled between two bands of...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 12, 2018 | Astronomy, News
Above: The Hubble Space Telescope’s view of Arp 256, where two galaxies collided long ago. Galaxies are not static islands of stars — they are dynamic and ever-changing, constantly on the move through the darkness of the Universe. Sometimes, as seen in this...
