Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...

And for the general public, Hubble continues to provide a profound sense of the wonders of the universe and our place in it.

NASA hasn't closed the door on the possibility — and the man in line to be the agency's next chief is a champion of the idea.

It was almost another half a decade after that before the telescope received its official name — after famed American ...

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...

From breathtaking snapshots of distant galaxies to game-changing discoveries about the universe’s expansion, the Hubble Space ...

There are few more iconic images from the Hubble Space Telescope than this one. A colossal pillar of gas and dust towering ...

Then, due to the loss of Challenger in January 1986 and the ensuing pause of the space shuttle program, Hubble would wait yet another five years before reaching orbit. Loren J. Shriver ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is in low Earth orbit, 320 miles (515 kilometers) above the planet, placing it above most of the ...

On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when ...

Regarded by many as NASA’s most successful science mission, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space aboard the ...