CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a more commanding view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument Saturday, then pulled off their toughest ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years of incredible discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy ...

First motion is almost always a big event in the world of space exploration. Whether the first motion is of a wheel beginning to rotate or a rocket lifting off the pad, first motion means things are ...

NASA has published a new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope depicting a nearby spiral galaxy “glittering” with ...

Jubilant astronomers today unveiled humankind’s most spectacular views of the universe, as captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). They also reported that ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive ...

This is TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. NASA scientists say a short circuit has killed the main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope. The Advanced Camera for Surveys, the equipment ...

Star clusters are among the many objects observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. These gravitationally bound groups of stars often form from the same molecular cloud and come in various types. These ...

A fresh look at the Trifid Nebula shows a dynamic region where powerful stellar winds continue to spark new stars into life.