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Hubble Telescope Captures Sharpest Image Yet of Mysterious Red Rectangle
By Kasandra Brabaw published
The Red Rectangle is so named because of its strange shape and striking color. But this stellar nebula looks more like a cosmic "X" in this new image from Hubble.
NASA Honors Prince by Tweeting Photo of Purple Nebula
By Mike Wall published
NASA paid its respects to Prince with a gorgeous space image that recalled the late musician's most famous album, Purple Rain.
Mon-Stars! Cluster of Massive Suns Spotted by Hubble Telescope (Photo)
By Mike Wall published
Farthest Galaxy Yet Smashes Cosmic Distance Record
By Calla Cofield published
The Hubble Space Telescope has calculated the distance to the most far-out galaxy ever measured — GN-z11 — providing scientists with a look deep into the history of the universe.
Star Cluster Sparkles Like Jewels in Hubble Telescope View (Photo, Video)
By Mike Wall published
The new Hubble image depicts the star cluster Trumpler 14, a collection of about 2,000 young stars that lies 8,000 light-years from Earth, near the center of the Carina Nebula.
Cosmic Lightsaber Slices Through Clouds in Awesome New Image
By Nola Taylor Redd published
A cosmic lightsaber, trillions of miles long, slices through the dark clouds of dust and gas that surround it in a new image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Amazing Jupiter Video Shows Slowing Shrinkage of the Great Red Spot
By Nola Taylor Redd published
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