In May 2009, seven astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis visited the Hubble Space Telescope for a final servicing mission. The drama of a shuttle flight with ambitious and challenging spacewalks that refreshed, repaired, and renewed astronomy’s most beloved telescope captured the attention of the world.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Servicing Hubble Step-By-Step
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/sm4/servicing-hubble

Meet the Crew of Servicing Mission 4
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/sm4/meet-the-crew

Meet the Hubble Servicing Team
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/sm4/meet-the-people

From Servicing to Science
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/from_servicing_to_science/

Team Hubble: Servicing Missions
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/servicing_missions.php

Occultation occurs when one celestial body — for instance, a moon or a planet — aligns with another. Striking images of occultation give us an unusual glimpse of the traffic in our cosmic backyard.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Hubble Captures Jupiter’s Largest Moon Going to the “Dark Side”
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/42/

Hubble Spots Rare Triple Eclipse on Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/30/

Rare Hubble Portrait of Io and Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/30/

In September 2008, Hubble was two weeks away from a servicing mission when an electrical problem shut down much of the telescope. Intense work and effort has resulted in a replacement part to fix the problem. The servicing mission took place in 2009 and was entirely successful, and Hubble is expected to continue for many more years.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Servicing Hubble Step-By-Step
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/sm4/servicing-hubble

Meet the Crew of Servicing Mission 4
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/sm4/meet-the-crew

Meet the Hubble Servicing Team
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/sm4/meet-the-people

From Servicing to Science
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/from_servicing_to_science/

Team Hubble: Servicing Missions
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/servicing_missions.php

In 2008, Hubble released the first visible-light picture of a planet around another star. Planets around distant stars are extremely difficult to visualize — astronomers usually find them by observing the dimming of light as a planet passes in front of a star, or the wobble of the star as its tugged by the planet’s gravity.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/39/

Discovering Planets Beyond
http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/discovering_planets_beyond/

Matter warps the space around it. The more matter there is, the stronger the warp. For really strong distortions of space-time, like black holes, the warping acts like a lens. Such gravitational lenses have been found, and astronomers can use them to study very distant and very faint galaxies.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/08/

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a whirling storm on the gas giant planet’s surface, has been one of the planet’s most recognizable features for centuries. But in 2006 and 2008, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was joined by two companions, smaller red spot storms.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Hubble Snaps Baby Pictures of Jupiter’s “Red Spot Jr.”
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/19/

New Red Spot Appears On Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/23/

Three Red Spots Mix It Up On Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/27/

Take a safari through the Coma Cluster, one of the richest nearby galaxy collections. Thousands of galaxies are gathered together here, making it an ideal location to witness the diversity of galaxies in the universe.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Hubble’s Sweeping View of the Coma Cluster
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/24/

Hubble celebrated its 18th anniversary in 2008 by releasing a huge image gallery of interacting galaxies. Such galaxies pass close enough to each other that their mutual gravity can stretch and distort their shapes. Eventually, interacting galaxies merge together to form a single larger galaxy. However, since these interactions can take billions of years, how do we study them?

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Cosmic Collisions Galore
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/

Download an interacting galaxies poster
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/image/b/

Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In April, Saturn reaches its closest point to Earth, the Big Dipper overflows with cosmic sights, and the Lyrid meteor shower streaks the sky. “Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes — and other astronomy videos — at HubbleSite.org.

Visit Tonight’s Sky on HubbleSite.
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky