The shot shows IC 438, which lies about 130 million light-years from Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Just when we think we ...

A spherical shape made from the pinpricks of light from closely packed stars revealed itself to the Hubble Space Telescope when the observatory recently peered into the constellation Mensa. Hubble ...

This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 5728, captured in both the infrared and visible light wavelengths. This is a particularly energetic type of galaxy, called a Seyfert ...

Welcome back, Hubble. Everyone's favorite telescope in space is doing science again. And thanks to upgrades and repairs made in May, it's taking better pictures of the universe than ever before. While ...

NASA announced Thursday that its Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has calibrated more than 40 "milepost markers" of space and time. The mile markers help scientists measure the expansion rate of 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 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most expensive information-gathering tools NASA has ever created. But Don Reisinger thinks it's worth every penny. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has broken down yet again, bringing scientific activities to a halt. Scientists were forced to put the telescope, which was launched in 1990, into safe mode last week due ...

The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is running out of gyroscopes, and when none are left, the instrument will cease to conduct meaningful science. To preserve the telescope, which has been operating ...