The Hubble team has been able to reset the gyro from the ground, but these fixes have been temporary, and the problem has appeared more frequently, said Patrick Crouse, the Hubble Space Telescope ...

This stunning image from the Hubble Space Telescope depicts a star-forming region called Sharpless 2-106, or S106 for short. Characterized by its "wings," it is classified as a bipolar nebula and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990. Photo: NASA For more than 30 years, NASA’s iconic Hubble Space Telescope has been scouring the cosmos to look for ancient galaxies and dazzling nebulae.

The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) in May 2009, during the fifth and final servicing of the observatory. Photo: NASA Update: April 30, 4:22 p.m. ET: NASA ...

NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has temporarily ceased its universe observations. AP reports that operations have halted due to a critical malfunction in one of the telescope's gyroscopes ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of "festive" irregular galaxy UGC 8091. Credit: Space.com | ESA/Hubble, NASA, Y. Choi (NOIRLab), K. Gilbert (Space Telescope Science ...

More NASA's Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture an incredible image of a galaxy that looks an awful lot like a bullseye. "This was a serendipitous discovery," said Imad Pasha, the lead ...

NASA estimates that the Hubble Space Telescope has about 10 years of useful life before it burns up in an uncontrolled reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Hubble's longevity hasn't been easy. The telescope has weathered an array of technical problems over the years. NASA dispatched five space shuttle servicing missions to Hubble, with the last in 2009.

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits. In just the last year or so, scientists have used the school bus–sized observatory to confirm the first lone black hole ...

The Kepler Space Telescope, named for astronomer Johannes Kepler, was NASA's first exoplanet hunting telescope. It launched on March 6, 2009, with the goal of observing more than 100,000 stars in ...