Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble’s Ultra-Sharp Vision Unveils Ring Spoke Phenomenon

Hubble’s Ultra-Sharp Vision Unveils Ring Spoke Phenomenon

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

This photo of Saturn was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on October 22, 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 850 ...

Webb Space Telescope Detects Unexplained Structures in Heart of Milky Way

Webb Space Telescope Detects Unexplained Structures in Heart of Milky Way

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of the Sagittarius C region near the Milky Way’s core, revealing a ...

Webb Telescope Rewrites Planet Formation Playbook

Webb Telescope Rewrites Planet Formation Playbook

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s Spitzer Telescope’s 2008 discovery of a unique protoplanetary disk around SZ Cha, with unusual ultraviolet radiation, was contradicted by the James ...

Ice Pebble Drift Sparks Planetary Life

Ice Pebble Drift Sparks Planetary Life

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided evidence supporting the theory that icy pebbles drift inward from the colder parts of protoplanetary ...

NASA’s Webb & Hubble Unite To Create Most Colorful View of Universe

NASA’s Webb & Hubble Unite To Create Most Colorful View of Universe

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data ...