A new image from the Hubble space telescope shows the aftermath of a recent supernova explosion in our galaxy. The picture, made from 18 separate images from Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys ...

Arp 184 or NGC 1961, a skewed or "peculiar" spiral galaxy, is still stunning in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. One of the 338 formations cataloged by astronomer Halton Arp in 1966 in ...

Hubble required a Space Shuttle repair mission costing over $1 billion to remedy its blurry cosmic images. "The telescope had become a big joke," Williams said. "Political cartoons lambasted NASA." ...

Back to Article List Hubble examines a twisted galaxy Arp 184’s single broad arm hints at a unique past, earning it a place in a famous catalog of peculiar galaxies.

Hubble launched on April 24, 1990, stowed inside the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery. STS-31 was Discovery's 10th launch, and it was the 35th space shuttle mission overall.

The many sides of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Located 10,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia A is the remnant of a once massive star that died in a ...

ESA/Hubble published a new image of NGC 346 as the first installment in the series. Now, they are revisiting a fan-favorite galaxy with new image processing techniques. The new image reveals finer ...

Hubble space telescope has discovered a star in the midst of a sneezing fit. The star called V633 Cassiopeiae is firing off rapid bursts of super-hot, super-fast gas, like multiple sneezes, before ...

A black hole skulking in the shadows 600 million light-years away in space gave itself away with a dazzling flash, the light of a star it had just gnashed and eaten. Using NASA 's Hubble Space ...