From this vantage point looking at the Milky Way from its edge, the galactic bulge might appear as a glowing orb of stars, with the spiral arms and their dust clouds forming a narrow band. Credit: ESO ...

The nebula is a star-forming region located about 5,000 light-years from Earth. Hubble first imaged this cosmic phenomenon in 1997 and revisited it with an improved camera. The new image helps ...

There are speckles, horns, and a series of colorful, glowing ridges. No, it's not an underwater creature — it's the latest breathtaking portrait of the Trifid Nebula, captured by the Hubble Space ...

NASA is celebrating the 36th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope in Earth’s orbit, sharing a new image of the Trifid Nebula, nicknamed the “Cosmic Sea Slug,” first revealed in 1997. The ...

This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured in intricate detail by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The colors in Hubble's ...

Since it launched into space on April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been an invaluable instrument to astronomers in unraveling the mysteries of the universe. As it orbits the Earth from 340 ...

The ESA, NASA and CSA have released new images of Saturn captured by the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes that offer an unprecedented view of the gas giant's atmosphere. Particularly, comparing ...

NASA has released new Hubble telescope images of the Crab Nebula — taken 25 years after the iconic observatory first gazed at the colorful cosmic crustacean. These new images reveal the changing ...

For years now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has had its fair share of brushes with death. The groundbreaking observatory launched into low-Earth orbit 36 years ago, and it’s now been operational two ...

It’s well established that the universe is expanding, but there’s serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it’s happening. Two of our best ways of measuring the cosmic expansion rate, the ...

On April 24, 1990, humanity launched a scientific revolution. I mean “launched” literally: on that date the space shuttle Discovery roared into the sky with the Hubble Space Telescope nestled in its ...