Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones. The image also reveals traces of ancient supernovae still glowing faintly ...

Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope began as a costly failure — a flawed mirror that blurred the universe. After a ...

"Knock on wood, it can go another 10 years," former astronaut John Grunsfeld says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

HOUSTON, TX -A seven-year-old girl in Lucknow stood in her backyard at dawn in October 1957, watching Sputnik streak across the sky. Nearly seven decades later, that child would help steer some of ...

The Hubble Telescope viewed a distant galaxy whose light appears to contradict some of the most common rules of quantum physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Hubble’s newest view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2835 adds a stunning twist to a familiar sight. By capturing light in a special wavelength called H-alpha, astronomers have revealed glowing pink nebulae ...

On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery, beginning a new chapter in space exploration. Though it was named for pioneering astronomer Edwin Hubble, ...

The astronauts are ready to come back to Earth on Friday. We hear about upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope, what age-old questions it's now prepared to address and whether manned space flight has a ...

- Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to fund a study with NASA to examine ways to use the space company's Dragon capsule to raise the ...

"Before Hubble, no generation ever had access to unimaginably vibrant views of space, stretching almost all the way back to almost the beginning of time." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

A team of cosmologists in China has introduced a mathematical framework that investigates two of the deepest mysteries in cosmology at the same time. Publishing their research in The Astrophysical ...

The repairs are done, the spacewalking is over and the Shuttle Atlantis has disengaged from the Hubble Space Telescope. John Grunsfeld, an astronaut and an astronomer, summed up the importance of this ...