A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...

NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary ... On April 24, 1990, Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope, providing humanity with unprecedented views of the cosmos.

The eight ripples seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in this cosmic scene marks the most ever seen in any galaxy, and data ...

It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and can be seen with the naked eye on a clear autumn night as “a faint ...

That's one advantage of having a space telescope in orbit for so long: Hubble was launched from the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990, and its long service has enabled it to capture a huge ...

High-resolution imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirmed eight rings ... “This was a serendipitous discovery,” said lead researcher Imad Pashaof Yale University.

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where planets formed in the early universe.

Yet, a century ago, its discovery by ... The marvelous telescope made "Hubble" a household word, synonymous with wonderous astronomy. Today, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope pushes the frontiers ...