How one of the world’s greatest astronomers shaped our understanding of the universe

How one of the world’s greatest astronomers shaped our understanding of the universe
The NASA/ESA space telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of the gas giant’s clouds in this new image taken on 27 June 2019
These compact stellar gatherings orbit around galaxies and typically reside in their outer and less-crowded areas, gathering to form dense communities in the galactic suburbs
On 16 Sunday December, comet 46P/Wirtanen will make one of the 10 closest approaches of Earth in 70 years – and you may even be able to see it without a telescope
The search for hot-Neptunes has led to the discovery of GJ 3470b that is losing its atmosphere at a tremendous rate
Hubble has taken advantage of the recent oppositions of Mars and Saturn to picture them in extraordinary detail
What causes the vivid colours in deep space photography?
Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe’s expansion rate.
By comparing the mass of ESO 325-G004 with the curvature of space around it, the astronomers found that gravity on these astronomical length-scales behaves as predicted by general relativity
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies in the cosmos
The plasma balls are zooming so fast through space it would take only 30 minutes for them to travel from Earth to the Moon
The sharpest, most detailed observations of a comet breaking apart 67 million miles from Earth has been captured
The finding means we can now classify these structures according to their physical properties rather than human interpretation
Astronomers have shone light on a globular cluster of stars that could host several hundred black holes, a phenomenon that until recently was thought impossible
In the mid-1800s, astronomers surveying the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere noticed something strange about the star Eta Carinae
NGC 4833, captured in all its glory, is one of over 150 globular clusters known to reside within the Milky Way
New shot reveals the beating heart of one of the most visually appealing, and most studied, supernova remnants
New images obtained by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of the ice giant
Astronomers have obtained the most precise measurement yet of how fast the universe is expanding at the present time
An international team of scientists has detected and confirmed the faintest structure not long after the birth of the universe