Category: Hubble Space Telescope

Scientists discover water vapor on an exoplanet with a rocky core

Post author By Randall
Post date September 11, 2019
Categories In astronomy, exoplanet, Hubble Space Telescope, k2-18 b, Science, Space, space exploration, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] A team at the Institute for Research on Exoplanets at the Université de Montréal published their findings yesterday. Led by Björn Benneke, their work (which has yet to be peer reviewed) points to the possibility that K2-18 b is habitable thanks to the presence of water and hydrogen, as well as the exoplanet’s location […]

NASA’s Hubble Legacy Field image contains 16 years of data

Post author By Randall
Post date May 4, 2019
Categories In gear, hubble legacy field, Hubble Space Telescope, Nasa, Space, Tech

[ad_1] It encompasses a region in the sky that includes those shown in older Hubble mosaics — the Ultra Deep Field and the eXtreme Deep Field — and contains 265,000 galaxies. That’s 30 times as many galaxies as previous deep field images, enough to cover an area that’s almost as wide as the moon. While […]