Film & Animation

Tonight’s Sky: December 2010 Highlighs

Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In December, a lunar eclipse turns the Moon a festive holiday red. Perseus wanders the night. And binoculars reveal the Double Cluster, a lovely pair of star clusters. “Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite, 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.... Read More

A Runaway Star: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered

An enormous star is on the lam, fleeing its home at a quarter of a million miles per hour. The star, 90 times as massive as the Sun, may have traveled 375 light years from its original locale, the giant star cluster R136 in the 30 Doradus Nebula. How did it get away? A Hubble astrophysicist explores the discovery in the ongoing series, “Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered.” ... Read More