The Hubble Space Telescope was originally expected to last about 15 years in orbit, before its optical surfaces became too ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explores the evolution of spiral galaxy UGC 10043 through images taken 23 years apart, in 2000 ...

Hubble's sharp resolution allows observers to pore over the galaxy's details, showing that it has traits of both spiral and elliptical galaxies. Its core appears unusually smooth and gas-poor, traits ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...

Due to its stellar activity, the galaxy has become a favorite for astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope. Orbiting ...

The typical blue spiral galaxy (top) continues to form stars actively until it collides with another galaxy. At that point, an active galactic nucleus (AGN) is formed that depletes the galaxy of dust, ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...