When finished, it will be more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope. For most of our history, the science of astronomy was entirely optical or mathematical, based entirely on what people could ...

Cropped view of R Aquarii binary star system and nebula as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. The venerable Hubble Space Telescope has seen some things, man. An eye-opening new Hubble image shows ...

Plotting the location of Hubble Space Telescope observations of novae – exploding stars – in the giant elliptical galaxy M87. The galaxy’s most notable feature is a 3,000-light-year-long jet ...

In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars ...

A dazzling new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a bright spiral galaxy on a diagonal tilt, resembling a pendulum swinging back and forth through space. The galaxy, called IC 1954 ...

For 34 years, the Hubble Telescope has been orbiting space, each day sending new information back to Earth. Now, the telescope is showing a new multiwavelength galaxy view for the first time.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A dazzling new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a bright spiral galaxy on a ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is by far the most powerful observatory ever launched into space. Even Webb's very first images show why NASA spent 25 years and $10 billion. The Hubble Space ...

For 34 years, the Hubble Telescope has been orbiting space, each day sending new information back to Earth. Now, the telescope is showing a new multiwavelength galaxy view for the first time. NASA ...