Today, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope pushes the frontiers of knowledge over 10 times farther than Edwin Hubble could ever see. The space telescope has lifted the curtain on a compulsive universe ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in an ever-expanding cosmos. This breakthrough led to the ...

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

Edwin Powell Hubble is renowned for determining that ... contribute more as a scientist on the homefront. When the 200-inch telescope was completed on Mt. Palomar, Hubble was given the honor ...

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.

Saturn is below Venus and very low in the predawn sky. In late April it is five degrees above the horizon. You may need ...

It gets its name from UChicago alum Edwin Hubble, who was first to calculate the constant ... reliably measured are known as “standard candles.” As part of the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project team, ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous supernova remnant. The Veil Nebula is roughly 2,400 light-years away in ...

Edwin Powell Hubble is renowned for determining that there are other ... but was convinced he could contribute more as a scientist on the homefront. When the 200-inch telescope was completed on Mt.