Explore the amazing journey of the Hubble Space Telescope and its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Discover ...

A Simon Fraser University cosmologist believes his team's new research may bring them a step closer to cracking one of ...

On Oct. 4, 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photographic plate of the Andromeda Nebula (as it was known then) using the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson. The next night, Oct. 5th, he took another ...

T he Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been pivotal to progress in the last three decades of astronomy and cosmology.

Edwin Hubble, born November 20, 1889, made seminal observations in 1923 of the Andromeda Galaxy and a Cepheid variable, which significantly broadened the understanding of other galaxies and the ...

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, reveal ...

One of the most stubborn issues in cosmology today concerns the universe's rate of expansion. Scientists know it's expanding, ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a surprise asteroid streaks through the frame. When you purchase through links ...

With apologies to Dr. Seuss, a stunning Hubble Space Telescope image offers a look at a trio of distant galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...