SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

NASA and the European Space Station launched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, and over the past 34 years it’s been responsible for some of the most important discoveries in the universe.

"The operations work at STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA contractors is funded by the operational ...

New U.S. Postal Service stamps released last week feature images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

Astronomers warn that proposed changes to the space observatory's operational budget could decrease the amount of ...

Astrophotographers use sophisticated imaging technology to take and edit photographs that bring us the cosmos with startling ...

Hubble gazes at galaxies all the time—the famous Hubble Deep Field images alone show ... NASA aims to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in 2027, which is essentially the Hubble ...

Edwin Hubble was the first astronomer to take the initial steps that would ultimately lead to the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing a seemingly infinite ocean of galaxies. He thought that, despite ...

Jan. 17, 2025 — In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most ...

Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer & Director: James ...