The Hubble constant is one of the most important numbers in cosmology because it tells us how fast the universe is expanding, which can be used to determine the age of the universe and its history. It ...

Hubble and its fellow observatories give us an unprecedented, crystal-clear look at the far reaches of the cosmos. Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The ...

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Vol. 122, No. 893, 2010 July Lessons from a High-Impact Observatory: ... Lessons from a High-Impact Observatory: The Hubble Space Telescope’s ...

Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope  entered safe mode ...  The gyroscopes help stabilise the telescope and maintain a fixed orientation in space. This stabilization is crucial for capturing clear ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the spiral galaxy UGC 5460, located 60 million light-years away, which has experienced two recent supernovae: SN 2011ht and SN 2015as.

The two keys to Edwin Hubble's breakthrough discovery were forged by others in the 1910s. The first key, the period-luminosity scale discovered by Henrietta Leavitt, allowed astronomers to ...

Photo: Andromeda nebula plate with Hubble's handwritten circle around the variable star he discovered In 1919 American astronomer Edwin Hubble began work at the Mount Wilson Observatory in ...

Tomorrow, April 24, marks the 34th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more than three decades, this venerable old telescope has been peering out into space, observing ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, which is located about 160,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered 36 new dwarf galaxies around Andromeda and ongoing star formation within them, contradicting previous theories. They appear to undergo unique evolution ...