Cores of two merging galaxies prepare for final cataclysmic collisionWASHINGTON - A new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the mass of the sun. Hubble provides new evidence for dark matter around small galaxiesWASHINGTON - The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a strong new line of evidence that halos of dark matter are embedded around small galaxies. Scientists map ‘3D book of Universe’MUNICH - Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have, in a way, prepared a unique “history book” of our Universe, with exceptional 3D views of distant galaxies, seen when the Universe was half its current age. US and Russian satellites collide in spaceWASHINGTON - A privately owned US communication satellite collided with a defunct Russian satellite in orbit posing a risk to the international space station, US space agency NASA has said. Last tune-up for Hubble telescope before space shuttle launchWASHINGTON - From a fuzzy beginning nearly 20 years ago, Hubble Space Telescope has now revolutionised astronomy, its stunning images stirring global imagination. |