After 40+ years of development, design, construction, and delays, the Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, on ...

A striking new image of the Whirlpool Galaxy is helping astronomers solve one of the biggest mysteries in star formation.

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years of incredible discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy.

The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a galaxy in the the Perseus galaxy cluster that is "composed of 99% dark matter," ...

Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have been used to study a cluster of stars, nicknamed “Nikhuli," ...

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, winding spiral arms and ongoing star formation. Ellipticals ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed an infant star 20 times larger than the sun setting interstellar clouds ablaze. The source of this cosmic conflagration is a stellar jet ...

The Lagoon Nebula has been the subject of some of the Hubble Space Telescope’s awe-inspiring photographs through the years.

The prospects of tall, vapory plumes of water gracing Europa's surface caused a huge splash in astronomy—but the very ...