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The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of ...
The Hubble Space Telescope is making waves again, this time for a snapshot of a spiral galaxy located 250 million light-years ...
Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary: See NASA's new out-of-this-world images The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago, has blown our minds with its striking images of far-away ...
After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits. In just the last year or so, scientists have used the school bus–sized observatory to confirm the first lone black hole ...
Every Hubble anniversary feels like a triumph for the elderly space telescope. It may have a few more anniversaries left in it. NASA hopes it will continue operations into the 2030s. Long live Hubble.
Over its lifetime, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured many stunning images. Among the most memorable is this edge-on mosaic of the Sombrero galaxy.With its relatively high brightness ...
Today, Dobsonian telescopes are still highly popular among amateur astronomers, and for good reason — they're simple to build, budget-friendly and they soak up a huge amount of light.
Hubble's new image of the Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll. Messier 104 was discovered back in 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain—and has since been the ...
We’re looking back on some of the best images that Hubble produced in the last year, starting with the image above: a new celebratory image released for the telescope’s 35th anniversary.
NASA is changing the way the Hubble Space Telescope operates to bypass an issue that keeps putting the space observatory into “safe mode” shutting down its work.
The Hubble telescope was launched on NASA's space shuttle in 1990, and since then, the space agency has flown five servicing missions to repair and upgrade the complex instrument.
To celebrate the Hubble telescope's 35th anniversary, NASA released some striking new images on Wednesday, including a bold rendition of Mars and a stunning photo of a moth-shaped nebula with a ...