April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

In a close-up of the Rosette Nebula — a stellar nursery 5,200 light-years away — dark clouds of gas and dust are seen being carved by radiation from massive stars. A young star at the upper right is ...

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

From spellbinding images to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we look back on some of Hubble's most exciting milestones.

Peering deep into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a rich tapestry of more than half a million stars. NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and ...

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of our favorite images it has ...

To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...

For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken photos of celestial objects across the universe. Look back at 10 photos ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

Ladi Svoboda told Snopes that the photo was "real but artistically interpreted," while noting that similar shots were ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...