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 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is known for taking the most awe-inspiring photos of planets, nebulas, and more in its 31 years of service. But have you ever wondered how the space telescope takes its ...

Spacewalking astronauts successfully replaced the Hubble Space Telescope's main camera, which has taken many of the telescope's most famous images, after wrestling with a stubborn bolt that refused to ...

A problem that arose in NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over the weekend means that many of the orbiting telescope’s key capabilities may be permanently lost, officials announced Monday. The observatory ...

A high-tech camera the size of a baby grand piano is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, drawing admiring looks from scientists and historians who relish the chance to ...

Hubble captures a dying star cracking open the dazzling, dust-filled Egg Nebula in a rare cosmic transformation.

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 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is marking a special occasion today, March 7, 2022, with the 20th anniversary of the installation of one of its most important instruments, the Advanced Camera for Surveys ...

In what amounted to electronic brain surgery, a space-suited astronaut cut through shielding on a broken camera deep inside the Hubble Space Telescope on Saturday, removed a cover plate that wasn't ...

Hubble has captured its clearest view yet of the closest pre-planetary nebula, dubbed Egg Nebula, a dying Sun-like star ...

This Hubble image shows NGC 4455, a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The image was taken by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). NASA / ESA / Hubble / I.

Astronomers have done their level best to chronicle the early history of galaxies, but there’s a glaring gap in the cosmic baby album they’ve assembled: The first few pages are blank. Using the Hubble ...