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 - ...

The Hubble Telescope appears as a tiny silhouette during a perfectly timed solar transit captured from Puerto Rico.

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

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

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, ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – again. For months, 3I/ATLAS has attracted plenty of attention – and become the source of bizarre alien spaceship conspiracies – as it ...

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 ...