Twinkle, twinkle, great big star - in pictures

Supernova 1987A

Scientists baffled by huge black hole discovered in tiny galaxy

First Post Thu 29 Nov, AT 15:17

'This is a really oddball galaxy,' says astronomer of findings that might force revolution in galaxy evolution theories

Hubble mission

Space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center

On Monday, seven Nasa astronauts embarked on an 11-day mission to mend the Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble space walk

Astronauts spacewalk to repair the Hubble telescope

Nasa astronauts are repairing the ageing telescope

A planet is sucked into the the yellow dwarf star WASP-12

Hubble discovers planet being ‘eaten’ by its sun

News Mon 24 May, AT 16:54

A doomed planet 600 light years from earth is slowly being sucked into the star WASP-12

In pictures: Hubble at 20

Two decades of astronomical
and technological breakthroughs

Space shuttle

Nasa and space shuttle’s do-or-die Hubble mission

News Wed 29 Apr, AT 17:30

Budget-squeezed Nasa cannot afford another shuttle disaster as it seeks a smooth transition to the spacecraft’s Orion and Ares successors

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