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The photos capture both our neighboring planets and galaxies far, far away in a stunning release to celebrate one of NASA’s ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

Let's turn the sun into a telescope. In fact, we don't have to do any work—we just have to be in the right spot.

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

The world's most famous telescope is celebrating in style with new views of Mars, nebulas and a galaxy that reminds us of home.

In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images ...

In celebration of 35 years spent in orbit around Earth, the Hubble team has released a set of four new images showing the ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

Scientists have found possible signs of life on a distant planet, but it’s too early to know for sure. Here’s what makes ...