NASA Hubble Content-For Informational Purposes. This mosaic was assembled in 2018 from dozens of images taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity rover. In the image, you’re looking uphill at Mount Sharp, which is in the middle of Gale Crater on Mars. The scene has been white-balanced so the colors of the rock… Continue reading 00-Gale Crater on Mars. Colors of the rock materials resemble how they would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth.

How NASA Is Selecting the Next Astronauts to Walk on the Moon (from Smithsonian). Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and upgraded. Astronauts using custom-designed tools… Continue reading 177-Hubble Tool Time Episode 1: Astronaut Training

https://youtu.be/1j3nQv-LSOc Tuesdays starting on April 16, 2019, we will be releasing a new six-part mini-series about the tools used on Hubble's servicing missions, hosted by retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and upgraded. Astronauts performed challenging spacewalks on five servicing missions… Continue reading 178-New NASA Mini-Series: Hubble Tool Time

M75 is the most centrally concentrated globular cluster in Messier’s catalog, with the majority of its stars located in a large nucleus. In total, there are about 400,000 stars in the globular cluster. M75 is believed to be around 13 billion years old and sits approximately 67,500 light-years away from Earth. This Hubble image of… Continue reading 179-Messier M75-This globular cluster holds roughly 400,000 stars.

Exomoons: Why are massive moons very important for life? With the discovery of thousands of exoplanets around other stars, scientists have begun to wonder about the moons which orbit them. In particular how these so called exomoons affect the habitability of the planets they orbit. It turns out that having a massive moon was important… Continue reading 180-Did the Hubble Telescope Confirm the First Exomoon?

Observatories including NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found that the interstellar object named ‘Oumuamua gained an extra boost of speed, which likely comes from comet-like jets of gas. https://youtu.be/JG9x6tkf8mg

The Hubble Space Telescope has orbited Earth for more than 28 years, changing the way we look at the universe. Here at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, we’ll take you inside the Space Telescope Operations Control Center, where Hubble’s flight operations team communicates with the spacecraft and receives data and telemetry from… Continue reading 182-Visit Hubble Operations for its 28th Anniversary in 360°

On April 24, 2018, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 28th year in orbit. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to expand humanity’s knowledge of the universe. These are a few science achievements from Hubble’s latest year in orbit. https://youtu.be/JH9JVvKjG7s https://youtu.be/1j3nQv-LSOc

The decades-long career of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has resulted in a wealth of new technologies, many of which have found earthly applications. The decades-long career of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has resulted in a wealth of new technologies, many of which have found earthly applications.   https://youtu.be/1j3nQv-LSOc

In mid-March, skywatchers in the northern hemisphere can try to observe all 110 objects from the Messier catalog in one night. To celebrate the Messier Marathon, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is releasing 12 new images to add to its extensive collection of Messier objects observed by Hubble. https://youtu.be/a-hM5mMRkLw https://youtu.be/pPPpAwikVTM https://youtu.be/1j3nQv-LSOc

Little Dumbbell Nebula, M76. Discovered in 1780 by Messier’s colleague Pierre Méchain, M76 has an apparent magnitude of 12 and is best viewed in December. While it is possible to spot M76 with large binoculars at a dark site, the nebula’s small size and faintness make it one of the more difficult Messier objects to… Continue reading 186-Little Dumbbell Nebula, M76

For the first time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured time-lapse images of a large, dark storm on Neptune shrinking out of existence. A recent Hubble program called Outer Planets Atmosphere Legacy, or OPAL, provides yearly global maps of our gas giant planets, allowing planetary scientists to view changes in formations such as Neptune's dark… Continue reading 187-Hubble Watches Neptune’s Dark Storm Die