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  1. NASA's Roman Space Telescope to Investigate Galactic Fossils

    August 29, 2024Release ID: 2024-205

    Scientists will study nearby galaxies to uncover galactic formation history and dark matter

    Artist’s concept of spiral galaxy at the center of a much larger spherical halo of stars, with ground-based photograph pulled out to show details of the central core and spiral arms.

  2. NASA's Roman to Search for Signs of Dark Matter Clumps

    January 17, 2024Release ID: 2024-201

    The Roman Space Telescope’s fine resolution and panoramic views will allow researchers to examine streams of stars pulled from globular star clusters.

    An illustration of the Andromeda galaxy takes up about one third of the view. A few irregularly shaped lines representing globular cluster streams are present. Some globular cluster streams are shown with gaps.

  3. New Images Using Data From Retired Telescopes Reveal Hidden Features

    June 16, 2022Release ID: 2022-027

    The stunning perspectives show four of our galactic neighbors in a different light. 

    tendrils of red, green and blue with a prominent red patch at lower left

  4. Our Milky Way May Be More Fluffy, Less Wiry

    December 16, 2021Release ID: 2021-061

    New research shows a section of the outer Milky Way is more clumpy, less well-organized than previously thought

    Milky Way Perseus arm's perceived location versus actual

  5. STScI Visualizations of the Universe Form Heart of New "Deep Field" Film

    November 16, 2018Release ID: 2018-51

    Film inspired and written by Grammy award-winning composer Eric Whitacre celebrates Hubble

    STScI Visualizations of the Universe Form Heart of New "Deep Field" Film

  6. Hubble Astronomer Creates Spectacular Galaxy Collision Visualization for the National Air and Space Museum

    April 09, 2002Release ID: 2002-09

    Someday our Milky Way Galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy may come crashing together in a horrendous collision that will twist and distort their shapes beyond recognition. Of course, to see that, you'll have...

    Hubble Astronomer Creates Spectacular Galaxy Collision Visualization for the National Air and Space Museum

  7. Astronomers Rule Out Starburst Galaxies as Contributing to the Far-Ultraviolet Background

    June 13, 1995Release ID: 1995-28

    Astronomers using the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), flown aboard the Shuttle ASTRO-2 mission, have been able to exclude one explanation for the mysterious far ultraviolet background radiation that existed when...

    Astronomers Rule Out Starburst Galaxies as Contributing to the Far-Ultraviolet Background

  8. Space Telescope Science Institute Prepares a "Desktop Universe" For Astronomers

    May 07, 1992Release ID: 1992-15

    Imagine turning your home computer into the equivalent of a professional telescope which can display millions of stars and galaxies located anywhere in the sky.. Astronomers as well as educators will soon be able to...

    Space Telescope Science Institute Prepares a "Desktop Universe" For Astronomers

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