News

John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle ...
Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...
NASA hasn't closed the door on the possibility — and the man in line to be the agency's next chief is a champion of the idea.
The Hubble Space Telescope is in low Earth orbit, 320 miles (515 kilometers) above the planet, placing it above most of the ...
The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on ...
In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...
On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when ...
The world's most famous telescope is celebrating in style with new views of Mars, nebulas and a galaxy that reminds us of ...
Astronomers have, for the first time, directly observed star clusters merging at the cores of dwarf galaxies—a process long ...
In celebration of 35 years spent in orbit around Earth, the Hubble team has released a set of four new images showing the ...
Hubble’s three-and-a-half-decade lifetime has allowed astronomers to observe cosmic objects over extended periods to see how ...
During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...