NASA Finds A Space Invader In The Deep Cosmos

NASA's Hubble Telescope found a Space Invader in this massive cluster of galaxies, known as Abell 68.  The gravitational field surrounding it acts as a naturally distorting lens. This produces a fun house mirror effect, and created this shape similar to that of a simulated alien from the classic 1970s game.

Click to read more ...

Hubble Captures Deepest View Of Space Ever

What you’re seeing above is the most zoomed-in photograph ever created. Dubbed the Xtreme Deep Field (or XDF for short), the photo is a follow-up to the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field photo created late-2003 and is composited from over 10 years’ worth of data, and one that combines over 2000 images of a small window of deep space.

Click to read more ...