This is the first in a sequence of four pictures from the
This new image shows the dramatic shape and colour of the Ring Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 57.
From Earth’s perspective, the nebula looks like a simple elliptical shape with a shaggy boundary
This image shows the galaxy Messier 94, which lies in the small northern constellation of the
artist's impression of the extrasolar planet HD 189733b, now known to have methane and water. Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to detect methane - the first organic molecule found on an extrasolar planet