Space telescopes also tend to be smaller than ground-based ones; they have to fit into the payload housing of a rocket, limiting their size.

On April 24, 1990, NASA and the European Space Agency launched an astronomical revolution. When the Space Shuttle Discovery roared into the sky on that day, it carried the Hubble Space Telescope ...

NASA SPHEREx space telescope has captured its 1st images of cosmos: See stunning photos SPHEREx telescope maps not just a section of the sky, but all of it as it takes about 3,600 images per day.

According to Space.com, the James Webb Space Telescope found indications of dimethyl sulfide in K2-18b’s atmosphere using two of its specialized instruments.

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, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ever since.

Hubble Space Telescope Is 35: Don't Miss These 4 Dazzling Anniversary Images The world's most famous telescope is celebrating in style with new views of Mars, nebulas and a galaxy that reminds us ...

Regarded by many as NASA’s most successful science mission, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery 35 years ago this month.

The first images captured by NASA's SPHEREx space telescope showed tens of thousands of stars and galaxies.

An astronomer says goodbye to Gaia, the satellite that mapped the galaxy.

An undated image from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance.