The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

Spacewalking astronauts repaired and upgraded the famed Hubble Telescope during five missions from 1993 to 2009. Here's a summary of these epic servicing efforts.

Thirty-five years ago today a revolutionary new era of astronomy began when the Hubble Space Telescope, tucked onboard the space shuttle Discovery, blasted off Earth into history. Within a month ...

NASA’s two most iconic space telescopes, the Hubble and James Webb, are facing the biggest operating cuts in their history.

Astronomers have constructed telescopes of every kind - massive observatories designed to pick up faint traces of light across space.

The Smithsonian Institution is fighting efforts by Texas lawmakers to relocate the retired space shuttle Discovery from ...

The most famous telescope in history has reached a major milestone -- it's 35 years old. The Hubble Space Telescope launched on a grand scientific adventure to study the cosmos on April 24, 1990.

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery back in 1990. It orbits 332 miles above the Earth and travels about five miles per second.

The Senate narrowly passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Tuesday with a provision setting aside $85 million to move Discovery ...

On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has ...