The galaxy's size on the sky is too large to fit within Hubble's narrow field of view, so this image is actually a mosaic of several images stitched together. One of the things that makes this galaxy ...

The Crab Nebula has been one of astronomy’s most scrutinized objects for nearly a millennium, yet Hubble’s first fresh look in almost a quarter century shows it is still capable of surprise. The new ...

In a stunning new image that marks the 36th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have captured a breathtaking new view of the Trifid Nebula, a stellar nursery where new stars are ...

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous—and frequently photographed—supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as ...

NASA and ESA have released new images from the Hubble Space Telescope of a comet breaking up as it exits the solar system, captured as part of study recently published in the journal Icarus. The ...

Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. After a stuttering start, it became one of humankind’s most treasured inventions, ...

Hubble has captured a spectacular view of LH 95, where about 2,500 young stars are still on their journey to becoming ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is an audacious expression of human curiosity. Since its launch in 1990, it has done much more than just expand humanity’s scientific reach: it has changed how people see ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected — ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the big bang. That galaxy contains ...