First motion is almost always a big event in the world of space exploration. Whether the first motion is of a wheel beginning to rotate or a rocket lifting off the pad, first motion means things are ...

Jubilant astronomers today unveiled humankind’s most spectacular views of the universe, as captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). They also reported that ...

Galaxy merger Arp-Madore 417-391 is on display in this new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, March 7 -- Spacewalking astronauts equipped the Hubble Space Telescope with a new set of digital eyes today, a $75 million camera expected to extend the observatory's reach to within a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to ...

Hubble launched in 1990 with five primary instruments designed to capture images from space and transmit them back to Earth. 1. Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC) This instrument was composed of ...

The main camera for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is out of commission again, but this time, the agency believes it can never be fully revived. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has ...

The Hubble Space Telescope’s workhorse instrument – the Advanced Camera for Surveys – has stopped working. NASA will spend the next week diagnosing the problem, but mission managers say they are ...

In a cosmic spectacle that has astronomers buzzing, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaks through our solar system, its highly unusual tail captured in fresh Hubble images. This third confirmed ...

The main camera on the United States’ Hubble space telescope has stopped working. Scientists with the U.S. space agency NASA said Saturday that the orbiting telescope’s camera shut down earlier in the ...