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...