When the Hubble Space Telescope rose from Earth in April 1990, it was lauded as the eighth wonder of the world. As the most capable observatory ever built, it had grand plans to be a new window to the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA released a stunning new comparison photo to celebrate the anniversary of the first astronaut ...

Two decades ago Saturday, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope, which was built in Danbury, into the skies. "It's such an amazing instrument that opened our eyes to things we couldn't even imagine ...

Thirty years ago Friday, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the shuttle Discovery with a famously flawed mirror, the opening chapter in an improbable saga of redemption and scientific ...

Thousands of years from now, our names will be long forgotten, but what the Hubble Space Telescope did to us — and what it did for us — will... 25 Years On: How Hubble's Vision Became Our Own When I ...

The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope is operating normally again after being blinded for 2 weeks by an electrical failure. The orbiting observatory’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, which has ...

WASHINGTON -- Using the power of pictures, the Hubble Space Telescope has snapped away at the mystery of the universe. For 19 years, Hubble has shown the epic violence of crashing galaxies, spied on ...

"After a 20-year struggle to place a large, sophisticated optical telescope in orbit the Hubble Space Telescope was finally launched in 1990, though its primary mirror was soon found to be flawed. A ...