October 2020
Learning from alternative universes
... (CMB) and inferring from it the value of Hubble’s constant. Historically, both values have been slightly different... different measuring techniques are being developed to settle this ‘Hubble Trouble’ and missions such as NASA’s Wide Field Infrared...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... atmospheres to study the vertical structure and understand cloud coverage. Hubble is almost at the end of its life and, with the...spectroscopy is one of the fastest growing fields in astronomy. Hubble has had an over-subscription rate of 640 per cent...
01 February 2016
Enormous gas cloud on a collision course with the Milky Way
... made by stars. To test this hypothesis, the team used Hubble to determine for the first time the amount of heavier elements ... Sun," said Fox. Fox and his team then compared Hubble's sulphur measurements to hydrogen measurements made by the Green Bank...
March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
.... By the time of the second “rotation characterization”, around 20 February, the pictures were seven times better than Hubble’s. The Marcia crater on Vesta, reproduced from multiple images taken by Dawn The difference in perspectives between Dawn...
August 2018
Making a cosmic impression
... me to become interested in and captivated by space, with extra thanks in great part to the fabulous images sent to us by the Hubble Space Telescope. I am also always amazed by the wonderful prowess and imagery that astronauts share with us during...
02 December 2015
Displaced dusty planet booted out of its birthplace
... a wide-angle view of the star HD 106906 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and a close-up view from the Gemini Planet Imager. ...counter part – something the team hope to achieve with the Hubble Space Telescope in the near future. The GPI operates on ...
