Our deepest look into space so far is the 10-day exposure by this telescope, called the Hubble Deep Field, that is celebrated in the first of the three "Mysteries of Deep Space" programs.

Proving its worth despite its age yet again, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a peculiar galaxy in space. Most galaxies fall into two categories based on their shape according ...

However, the Plough or Saucepan asterism is close by, and this is the key to locating the Hubble Deep Field for photography. Start by locating the seven stars that form the Plough shape (figure 1).

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...

This year’s installment on March 25 features Bob Williams, a scientist who was at the center of creating the Hubble Deep Space image. At the time Williams was director of the Space Telescope ...

Zamani (ESA/Hubble) This month sees a very special birthday: the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. The venerable old space telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, so now is the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest galactic neighbors, which is full of bright, colorful stars. Located about 200,000 light-years from Earth ...

Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The newborn stars belong to a cluster known as NGC 460, which is located in a ...

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus that are largely driven by the effects of the sun's ...

On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched onboard ... Extending farther from our galaxy, by studying deep field observations, astronomers and scientists learned about the growth ...

Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of ...