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Superflares from red dwarf stars likely to affect habitability of planets: Hubble
Hubble is observing such stars through a large programme called HAZMAT.
NASA's Chandra mission suffers a glitch, most likely due to failure of a gyroscope
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has entered a protective "safe mode".
NASA's Hubble struggles with a positioning problem after losing its gyroscope
As a result, Hubble remains in so-called safe mode and all science observations are on hold.
Astronomers find evidence of a Neptune-sized exomoon outside our solar system
The exomoon is unusual because of its large size, comparable to the diameter of Neptune.
Tossed net successfully captures space debris in an orbit-clean up mission
The net, about 16 feet across and its target will eventually fall out of orbit together and burn up.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope starts new mission to study the earliest galaxies
The study of six massive galaxy clusters will shed light on how the earliest galaxies evolved.
Hubble Telescope's new campaign to help astronomers understand galaxies
The first observations by Hubble shows the galaxy cluster Abell 370.
Happy 15th birthday Spitzer! NASA's telescope completes fifteen years in space
NASA's Spitzer Telescope is the youngest member of the Great Observatory programme.
NASA's history archive enables company to recreate Apollo 11 experience in VR
Apollo 11 VR is a paid app for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony PlayStation virtual reality headsets.
Astronomers use the Hubble Telescope to precisely measure distance of an Ancient Globular Star Cluster
This stellar assembly, a globular star cluster called "NGC 6397", is one of the closest such clusters to Earth.
Astronomers use NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to unearth a 'relic galaxy' in the Milky Way's backyard
The findings, published in the journal Nature, showed that the relic galaxy has twice as many stars as our Milky Way,
Expected dust storm on Mars could explain the reason for its arid state
The study showed that rising air during the 2007 global dust storm led to over a hundred-fold increase in water vapour in Mars' middle atmosphere.
Year in review: A comprehensive guide to everything that happened in the fields of space and astronomy in 2017
2017 was a great year for anyone interested in space and astronomy featuring several groundbreaking discoveries and heart-wrenching goodbyes
Casting has begun for the fifth of seven mirrors that will make up the world's largest telescope: GMTO
The GMT will combine the light from seven 8.4-meter-wide mirrors to create a telescope with an effective aperture 24.5 meters in diameter
Asteroids located about 160 million miles away photobombed Hubble Telescope's deep images of the universe
Asteroids trail that appears as curved or S-shaped streaks intruded into the picture being taken by the Hubble Telescope.
NASA postpones launch of the James Webb Space Telescope from late 2018 to mid 2019
The James Webb Space Telescope will be successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures image of the farthest active inbound comet
These observations represent the earliest signs of activity ever seen from a comet entering the solar system's planetary zone for the first time.
Hubble spots strange binary asteroids orbiting each other with comet-like features
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has found that an unusual object in the asteroid belt is, in fact, two asteroids orbiting each other that have comet-like features.
NASA's Hubble discovers an exoplanet with a glowing stratosphere that's hot enough to boil metals
The strongest known evidence has been gathered for a stratosphere on an exoplanet about 900 light years from the Earth, known as WASP-121b.
Martian moon Phobos makes a surprise appearance when NASA's Hubble was imaging the red planet
Over the course of 22 minutes, Hubble took 13 separate exposures, allowing NASA astronomers to create a time-lapse video showing the moon's orbital path.