On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory. This plate, ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows rich detail in a pair of star clusters 166,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), in the southern constellation Doradus. This striking Hubble ...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope, slated for a 2027 launch, will provide insights into dark energy and exoplanets. It will undergo rigorous testing to ensure durability in space conditions.

With the 2024 regular season wrapped up, a select few teams have the ability to continue playing in the postseason. For those who didn't make the cut, eyes turn to the offseason. A major element ...

Because of her significant role in the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, she is known as the "Mother of Hubble". Once launched, the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will complement the ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is currently located ... image large areas of the sky 1000 times faster than Hubble with the same sharp, sensitive image quality. The next steps for the ...

Why it's so special: This iconic montage features images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune captured between 2014 and 2024 as part of the Hubble Space Telescope's Outer Planet Atmospheres ...

On Episode 142 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk about 2025 in space! It's going to be an exciting year, kicking off with the first launch attempt for Blue Origin's New Glenn ...

including the Webb Space Telescope—NASA’s premier space-based observatory. Webb, often seen as Hubble’s successor, continues the legacy of deep space exploration, though Hubble remains ...

There his son Jeffrey had set up a tracking telescope, Carter said in his book ... "I believe it is because he was critical of the Space Shuttle program and didn't provide funding for future ...

The object has since been identified as a “fragment of a space object,” the Kenya Space Agency said in a statement Wednesday. The KSA said it has taken custody of the object that landed in the ...