It’s almost impossible for any human to spot something unknown or unusual in the massive amount of data collected by our telescopes. So we’re teaching an intelligent machine to search the data for us.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Hubble Space Telescope
Displaying 21 - 40 of 46 articles
There’s now strong evidence that Europa might be a worthwhile place to search for life.
Stargazing seems such a quiet, calm activity. But whether our eyes can see or not, those stars out there are in constant flux. Time-domain astronomy studies how cosmic objects change with time.
Each fortnight I get the amazing opportunity to speak about my top stories in space on ABC Breakfast News TV but for those of you who hate early mornings I wanted to make sure you got to hear of these…
2015 was a year where we expanded our view of the universe, embraced new technologies and got a hint of the profound changes to come.
A hint of oxygen and a whiff of methane in a distant exoplanet’s atmosphere may be the first evidence we discover of alien life.
A giant golden mirror is on the brink of opening up a glimpse of the very first galaxies to be formed.
Near-Earth orbits are filled with useful satellites, and also flying junk. If we’re not careful they may collide - literally.
It’s urgent that we turn our attention to a high definition space telescope that will allow us to directly image exoplanets.
Ground-based telescopes are getting bigger and better while still being cheaper than space telescopes. But the vital scientific contributions made by Hubble demonstrates why we need both.
After a slow start, Hubble’s ultraviolet vision changed the face of astronomy.
Astronomers from around the world identify their favourite images sent back to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
An unremarkable speck in the sky was transformed into an unique astronomical object – and Hubble was there to capture it.
Hubble’s Deep Field images are the next best thing to a time machine, revealing details of galaxies from the early universe, 13 billion years ago.
The Hubble Space Telescope launched 25 years ago in 1990. But O'Dell started on the project in 1972, garnering support for the world’s first telescope free of Earth’s atmosphere’s blurring effects.
Twenty-five years on and the Hubble Space Telescope is still taking some amazing images. But there have been a few glitches over the years, right from day one.
Dark matter’s mysteries are being steadily unravelled by new studies of remote galaxies.
2015 is already shaping up to be a big year in astronomy and planetary exploration, with the best yet to come. Here are some highlights to keep your eye on throughout the year. Opportunity January 25 marked…
NASA revealed today that the iconic Great Red Spot on Jupiter has shrunk to its smallest size ever – and astronomers have no idea why. The Great Red Spot is a giant anticyclone storm that has been raging…
The Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy completes a rotation every 250 million years, astronomers have found. Using NASA’s Hubble…
Top contributors
-
Pro Vice-Chancellor Flagship Initiatives, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
-
Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
-
Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
-
Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
-
ARC Laureate Fellow & Distinguished Professor, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science, University of Leicester
-
Head of Education and Public Outreach LSST, Australian Astronomical Observatory
-
Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University of London; Honorary Associate Professor, UCL
-
Astronomer-at-Large, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Australian Astronomical Observatory
-
Professor of Physics, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Astrophysics, University of Sydney
-
Professor (Physics), University of Southern Queensland
-
Astronomer Emeritus, Space Telescope Science Institute and Professor of Practice of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
-
Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
