When it comes to telescopes, there are no bigger names than Hubble and Webb, but why have two space telescopes anyway, how ...

The telescope began as a relatively simple device, born out of optical experimentation. It combined a series of lenses and ...

A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

The telescope has the world's largest digital camera, which is the size of a small car, weighs 2,800 kg, and boasts a ...

Every Hubble anniversary feels like a triumph for the elderly space telescope. It may have a few more anniversaries left in it. NASA hopes it will continue operations into the 2030s. Long live Hubble.

These telescopes represent the cutting edge of astronomical discovery, probing the universe across the electromagnetic ...

After it first launched, scientists realized that one of Hubble's primary mirrors was ground to the wrong specification. As a result, a daring rescue mission was planned. Astronauts rode to Hubble ...

Readers doubtless know that metals expand when heated. As explained in a NASA blog post that’s a problem for space telescopes ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

The actual telescope is made up of 18 hexagonal mirrors made of gold-plated beryllium. Taken together, it has a diameter of 6.5 meters, making it the largest telescope in space.