Hubble spots colliding galaxies in a spectacular danceThe James Webb telescope is poised to take a closer look.By J. Fingas, 11.25.2022
Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to capture multi-spectrum image of Phantom GalaxyThey make just as good of a duo as Perseverance and Ingenuity.By I. Bonifacic, 08.30.2022
Hubble telescope spots the largest known comet to dateThe nucleus is 50 times larger than that of typical comets.By J. Fingas, 04.15.2022
Hubble may have spotted the most distant star to dateEarendel may have formed relatively soon after the universe itself.By J. Fingas, 03.30.2022
Scientists study a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet's dark side in detail for the first timeIron clouds and titanium rain, anyone?By J. Fingas, 02.21.2022
The Hubble telescope is recovering from another system failureNASA put it into a 'coma' in late October.By J. Fingas, 11.10.2021
Hubble telescope helps find six 'dead' galaxies from the early universeThe discoveries raise as many questions as they answer.By J. Fingas, 09.26.2021
Hubble finds evidence of water vapor on Jupiter's largest moonResearchers re-examined new and archival datasets to make the discovery.By K. Holt, 07.26.2021
NASA struggles to fix a Hubble Space Telescope computer glitchThe telescope is in a safe mode until the problem is resolved.By J. Fingas, 06.19.2021
Lego unveils a Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble Telescope setNASA worked with Lego on the 1:70 scale, 2,354-piece kit.By K. Holt, 03.22.2021
Hubble researchers find a gaggle of small black holesIts the first time they've been studied in this detail.By J. Fingas, 02.13.2021
Scientists find a cloudless 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet with a four-day yearIt could shed new light on planet formation.By J. Fingas, 01.25.2021
Strange exoplanet discovery makes a case for the elusive 'Planet Nine'The planet is the first of its kind known to have such an eccentric orbit.By J. Fingas, 12.14.2020
The Hubble Telescope caught a supernova outshining every star in its galaxyIt was 5 billion times brighter than the Sun before fading away. By S. Dent, 10.02.2020
Scientists discover water vapor on an exoplanet with a rocky coreThere may even be rain and clouds on planet K2-18 b.By M. DeAngelis, 09.11.2019
NASA's Hubble Legacy Field image contains 16 years of dataIt shows 265,000 galaxies, some in the state they were in as far back as 13.3 billion years ago. By M. Moon, 05.04.2019
13The world's largest telescope will unlock the universe's oldest secretsBigger really is better, when it comes to astronomy.By A. Tarantola, 11.03.2017
A lawsuit almost stalled NASA's Cassini missionIt was just 73 pounds of plutonium, guys.By A. Tarantola, 09.13.2017