Overview

Hubblecast


Welcome to the Hubblecast! Hubblecast features news and Images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubblecast is the name for Vodcasts produced by the ESA/Hubble team.

Doctor J a.k.a. Dr. Joe Liske is the young enthusiastic host of the Hubblecast. He is a German astronomer at the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO). His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J's real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy.

Credits: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)



Hubble directly observes planet orbiting FomalhautEpisode 22 - Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even have rings more impressive than Saturn's.

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From silver to siliconEpisode 21 - From silver to silicon

Observing the Universe through the eyepiece of a telescope is one thing, but recording the observations for posterity is something quite different.

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Last update: 17 November 2008