The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been pivotal to progress in the last three decades of astronomy and cosmology. Traveling around the Earth in low orbit at 28,163 kilometers per hour (17,500 miles ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, one of the most productive scientific observatories ever launched, is in a gradual but inevitable downward spiral towards Earth due to atmospheric drag acting on its ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been in orbit around Earth for 35 years The most famous telescope in history has reached a major milestone — it's 35 years old. The Hubble Space Telescope launched on a ...

Now the most well-recognized and scientifically productive astronomical observatory in history, the Hubble Space Telescope first reached Earth orbit 35 years ago on April 24, 1990. A day later, as ...

Tomorrow's historic transit of Venus across the sun's face has astronomers and skywatchers abuzz, but how spectacular would it be to see our own planet silhouetted against the solar disk? Venus will ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Credit: NASA/ESA) It's been 35 years since Hubble came online, so in honor of the intrepid telescope's 35th anniversary, we've ...

In celebration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit, an assortment of compelling images have been released today that were recently taken by Hubble. NASA, ESA, STScI This ...