Space Blanket-Inspired Cases Protect Expensive Devices. The thermal blanket that will protect the Integrated Science Instrument Model’s Electronics Compartment of the new James Webb Space Telescope. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/cg_4.html A new video… Continue reading 149-New Hubble Video Miniseries Goes Behind the Scenes of Our ‘Eye in the Sky’

Hubble with its second set of ESA-designed solar blankets. Hubble’s original solar wings were constructed by ESA. Thin and flexible in nature, they comprised two double roll-out solar array wings… Continue reading 150-Precision & Design: Making Blankets for Hubble

Hubble has seen galaxies at the edge of the visible universe. It has unlocked a cosmos so vast and filled with wonder that it boggles the mind. The Hubble Telescope… Continue reading 151-Intergalactic Elegance : Hubble’s Universe

30 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope unlocked a window on the universe. Through that window we’ve seen the wonders of our Milky Way and expanded our vision across the… Continue reading 152-Milky Way Marvels : Hubble’s Universe

Hubble's sharpest view of the Orion Nebula. Celebrating 30 years in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed astonishing secrets about our universe. Yet, while its most famous pictures may… Continue reading 153-Solar System Surprises : Hubble’s Universe

Serpens Nebula HBC 672. In 2017, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a huge wing-shaped shadow cast by a fledgling star’s unseen, planet-forming disk. The young star, called… Continue reading 154-Hubble Spots Giant Flapping Shadow

Just as cars need maintenance on Earth, sometimes spacecraft need fixing, too. 🛠️ When astronauts work on spacecraft in orbit, it's called space servicing. Want to know more about space… Continue reading 155-5 Things: Space Servicing

On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two stunning nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Even… Continue reading 156-Hubble’s 30th Year in Orbit

On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two beautiful nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Hubble's… Continue reading 157-Hubble’s 30th Anniversary Image

When amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered an interstellar comet zipping through our solar system on Aug. 30, 2019, scientists promptly turned their telescopes toward it hoping to catch a glimpse… Continue reading 158-NASA Reveals Alien Composition of 2I/Borisov, 1st Interstellar Comet

Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 30 years of operation, our… Continue reading 159-NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope

Astronomers have found the best evidence for a black hole of an elusive class known as “intermediate-mass,” which betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that passed too… Continue reading 160-Hubble Finds Evidence of Mid-Sized Black Hole

Pay a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit above Earth’s surface and take a tour of the technology behind Hubble’s spectacular cosmic images. This 360 degree video… Continue reading 161-The Hubble Space Telescope 360° Tour

After Hubble’s important gyroscopes began to fail, a Hubble emergency was declared and Servicing Mission 3 was quickly split into two separate launches. So on Dec. 19, 1999, the brave… Continue reading 162-How Hubble’s Servicing Mission 3A Saved the Day

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair… Continue reading 163-Hubble’s Scary New Halloween Image

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at an interstellar visitor – Comet 2I/Borisov – whose speed and trajectory indicates it is from outside of our… Continue reading 164-Hubble’s New Image of Interstellar Object

The Hubble Space Telescope is well known for its incredible images. But what of those among us who are visually impaired? To help spread awareness as a part of World… Continue reading 165-How The Visually Impaired Experience Hubble Images

https://youtu.be/mfbOREnZi84 This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Saturn, taken in late June of 2019, reveals the giant planet's iconic rings. Saturn’s amber colors come from summer smog-like hazes, produced… Continue reading 166-Hubble’s Brand New Image of Saturn