On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery, carrying 24,000 pounds of precision instruments into orbit. Free from Earth's atmosphere, Hubble ...

Happy Anniversary, Hubble!Although the younger and more powerful James Webb Space Telescope is providing us with its own views of the universe, even after 35 years, Hubble still fills an important ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI Astronomers used the Hubble Space telescope to revisit one of its most iconic subjects, the so-called “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula (M16).

NASA launched Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, in 2021, although unlike Hubble, JWST is stationed so far beyond Earth’s orbit that crewed servicing missions are too daunting ...

A Hubble image of the Butterfly Nebula from 2020, just three years before the telescope's investigation of its central white dwarf. Credit: NASA, ESA, Joel Kastner (RIT) ...

The Crab Nebula is about as famous as a space cloud can get—it's been imaged by most telescopes, including Webb. This image shows the supernova remnant 6,500 light-years away in incredible detail.

Cosmic Reef: This Hubble image shows how young, energetic, massive stars illuminate and sculpt their birthplace. The giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. This Hubble ...

Star factory: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured G035.20-0.74, a star-forming nebula in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle, known for producing a particular kind of massive star known as a B ...

A side-by-side collage of the same area taken by Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope in its very first image. NASA/STScI; NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI "We're making discoveries, and we really haven't ...

NASA's Hubble space telescope has its eyes on the Bubble nebula, one of the most fascinating objects lying in deep space. Officially named NGC 7635, the Bubble nebula resides in the constellation ...

Bubble Nebula: This nebula is also known as NGC 7635 which is located 8 000 light-years away from Earth. Orion Nebula: This image showcases the formation of new stars, and it is the house of more ...