Astronomers and scientists love Betelgeuse because it shines so brightly. While most stars appear as tiny points of light, ...

Astronomers say they have identified a new type of astronomical object that challenges traditional ideas about how galaxies ...

In 1974, the project’s Science Working Group recommended that the telescope be required to resolve details at least one-tenth ...

Hubble reveals the largest planet-forming disk ever seen, Dracula's Chivito, showing a chaotic and uneven environment around ...

Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen - ozone - in our atmosphere. This method simulates how ...

The most consequential detail about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is not that it is rare, but it is doing things that make long ...

I/ATLAS comet is the 3rd-ever object discovered that originated from outside our solar system. It's not a threat, approaches Earth in December 2025.

It’s not often that telescopes suspended in space have landmark birthdays like this one. Launched on April 24, 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has orbited at about 320 miles above Earth’s surface, ...

As the Hubble Space Telescope marks its 25th year in orbit, its successor is literally taking shape in a large room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. There, engineers clad ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Tomorrow's historic transit of Venus across the sun's face has astronomers and skywatchers abuzz, ...

Decades of effort led to the launch of the Hubble telescope in 1990, but the work was just starting. Here's a look back at the events leading up to Hubble being placed in orbit and the amazing ...

Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to study sunlight that had passed through Earth's atmosphere. As a result, Hubble detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen - ...