The Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, resembles the eerie eye of Sauron from *The Lord of the Rings*. One of the first planetary nebulae discovered, it's also one of ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has long been the window to the wonders of our universe, capturing breathtaking images that reveal ...

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary: See NASA's new out-of-this-world images The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago, has blown our minds with its striking images of far-away ...

Thirty-five years ago today a revolutionary new era of astronomy began when the Hubble Space Telescope, tucked onboard the space shuttle Discovery, blasted off Earth into history. Within a month ...

April 24th, 1990: the Hubble Space Telescope ushers in a new era of space science. 35 years later, it’s taken nearly 1.7 million observations, or an average of about 130 per day.

Every Hubble anniversary feels like a triumph for the elderly space telescope. It may have a few more anniversaries left in it. NASA hopes it will continue operations into the 2030s. Long live Hubble.

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

Hubble's new image of the Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll. Messier 104 was discovered back in 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain—and has since been the ...

With its origins tracing back to the 1970s, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. The space telescope is in a low Earth orbit, about 340 ...

Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary: See NASA's new out-of-this-world images The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago, has blown our minds with its striking images of far-away ...