The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for over three decades. As a collaboration between NASA and the European Space ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don't go looking for it—the flickering star is 2.2 million ...

On the night of Oct. 5 to 6, 1923, Edwin Hubble discovered a new star — and revealed the utter vastness of the universe. Hubble was looking at the cosmos with the 100-inch Hooker telescope at the ...

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A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is still trucking along more than 30 years after its launch, observing the universe and sending home images for us to marvel at. This week, NASA and ESA highlighted an image ...

The discovery is scientifically invaluable for understanding the origin of galaxies, considering that just a decade ago early galaxy formation was largely uncharted territory. Astronomers had not seen ...

The stellar nursery mirrors conditions of the early universe, scientists say. A sparkling stellar nursery appears reminiscent of the early universe in new images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The ...

Measuring the expansion rate of the universe was one of the Hubble Space Telescope's main goals when it was launched in 1990. Measuring the expansion rate of the universe was one of the Hubble Space ...

Different parts of the universe could have different rates of expansion, potentially explaining the perpelexing "Hubble tension." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...