When it comes to telescopes, there are no bigger names than Hubble and Webb, but why have two space telescopes anyway, how ...

Before NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured its iconic Hubble Deep Field, some astronomers were hesitant to take the ambitious imagery. But the director of Hubble's science mission took the risk.

Every Hubble anniversary feels like a triumph for the elderly space telescope. It may have a few more anniversaries left in it. NASA hopes it will continue operations into the 2030s. Long live Hubble.

R. Williams/STScI, the Hubble Deep Field Team, NASA, ESA In 1995, Hubble took this composite picture of what, to the naked eye, looks like a speck of empty space.

This month sees a very special birthday: the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. ... this one also uses the near-infrared capabilities of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 instrument.

Some of Hubble's most iconic imagery, including the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is attributed to the ACS. In 2007, however, it also suffered an electrical failure.

"Although [DASH] doesn’t go as deep as something like the Ultra-Deep Field, it covers a lot of on-sky area, which is really important when you’re trying to find very rare things," says Cutler."DASH ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

“If you had a printout of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field on a standard piece of paper, ... far surpasses the abilities of the Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago in 1990.