The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...

Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

Tomorrow, April 24, marks the 34th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more than three decades, this venerable old telescope has been peering out into space, observing ...

The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) in May 2009, during the fifth and final servicing of the observatory. Update: April 30, 4:22 p.m. ET: NASA says Hubble ...

Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has beamed breathtaking views of space back to Earth. Now, NASA is inviting the public to honor the telescope’s 35th anniversary with an on-the-ground ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope are at the dawn of a new era in exploring the universe. With two powerful new instruments, added to Hubble in February 1997 by the crew of the Space ...