Hubble Space Telescope

Runaway black hole creating trail of new stars

A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists said.

Hubble captures breathtaking portrait of Blue Bubble in space

There’s no bursting this bubble. The folks at the Hubble Space Telescope have released magnificent images of a “gigantic cosmic soap bubble” to celebrate Hubble’s 26th anniversary in space.

Hubble Space Telescope Photo Reveals Merging Galaxies

A photo of a galactic merger captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy known as NGC 1487, located 30 million light-years away from Earth, but rather than viewing it as an object, NASA said it can be thought of as an "event."

Hubble successor maintains course

The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is reaching some key milestones in its preparation for launch in 2018.

Nasa spots supermassive Galaxy 65 million light-years away

The newly revealed Nasa Hubble Space Telescope image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located over 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin).

Hubble Spies Dying Star's Final 'Moments'

In the quarter-century that it's been eyeing the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken some pretty spectacular photos of "a dying star's final moment.