First motion is almost always a big event in the world of space exploration. Whether the first motion is of a wheel beginning to rotate or a rocket lifting off the pad, first motion means things are ...

Spacewalking astronauts successfully replaced the Hubble Space Telescope's main camera, which has taken many of the telescope's most famous images, after wrestling with a stubborn bolt that refused to ...

A major recent development has painted a clearer picture of the universe as NASA has began checking Hubble's images after ...

Jubilant astronomers today unveiled humankind’s most spectacular views of the universe, as captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). They also reported that ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the striking spiral galaxy Messier 90 (M90, also NGC 4569), located in the constellation Virgo. In 2019, Hubble released an image of M90 created ...

A high-tech camera the size of a baby grand piano is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, drawing admiring looks from scientists and historians who relish the chance to ...

This is TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. NASA scientists say a short circuit has killed the main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope. The Advanced Camera for Surveys, the equipment ...

A bright star photobombed a new image of a galaxy bursting with new stars. The Arp 263 galaxy appears to the left of the bright star in the new Hubble image. The bright star, called BD+17 2217, ...

A combination of space junk and a growing constellation of functional satellites like SpaceX's Starlink have astronomers worried about the potential for orbital materials to interfere with ...