HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle astronauts plucked the Hubble Space Telescope from orbit on Wednesday and anchored the observatory in their ship's cargo bay for a long-overdue overhaul. Commander ...

It’s not often that telescopes suspended in space have landmark birthdays like this one. Launched on April 24, 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has orbited at about 320 miles above Earth’s surface, ...

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch into orbit, astronomers aimed the legendary telescope at a selection of photogenic space targets, stretching from inside ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the remains of a frozen, Pluto-like world being devoured by a distant white dwarf star.

The Hubble Space Telescope has been deployed since April 25, 1990. Yesterday marked 25 years since it began its mission to help us better understand the cosmos. To commemorate this noteworthy ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- One of NASA's crowning glories, the Hubble Space Telescope, marks its 25th anniversary this week. With 1 million-plus observations, including those of some of the farthest and ...

"Knock on wood, it can go another 10 years," former astronaut John Grunsfeld says. John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has enabled scientists to make incredible discoveries since it was placed in orbit in 1990. The Hubble Deep Field is a point in the sky where 3,000 galaxies were found, some ...

Earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire tech founder — and SpaceX space tourist — Jared Isaacman as the next head of NASA. Isaacman has been to space twice on board the Elon ...

*Astronauts plan five days of spacewalks to fix Hubble *Launch caused no serious damage to shuttle - NASA (Adds new comments, details) By Irene Klotz HOUSTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Space shuttle ...