Hubble Space Telescope

• James Webb telescope sends back more astonishing photos of distant galaxy

  Scientists continue to be blown away by the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

  Science

  May 10
  
• Upcoming space missions to keep an eye out for in 2021

  Missions to the moon and Mars and a new space-based telescope are in the works for 2021, say Ian Whittaker and Gareth Dorrian.

  Commentary

  Jan 10, 2021
  
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• Scans reveal 16 Psyche, a failed planet-turned-asteroid, worth up to $10,000 quadrillion

  Asteroid 16 Psyche is thought to be the leftover core of a would-be planet that fell apart.

  Trending

  Oct 29, 2020
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• Tech trouble hobbles Hubble Space Telescope

  NASA says the Hubble Space Telescope has been put into 'safe mode' due to problems with its pointing mechanism.

  Science

  Oct 8, 2018
• Astronomers claim they discovered first moon outside our solar system

  The potential moon would be considerably larger than Earth — about the size of Neptune or Uranus. The planet it orbits is as big as mammoth Jupiter.

  Science

  Oct 3, 2018
• Astronomers discover super-hot world where it snows sunscreen

  NASA is adding to its list of weirdest planets in the known universe this week with the discovery of a super-hot world where sunscreen literally falls from the sky.

  Science

  Oct 30, 2017
• Astronomers believe universe holds 2 trillion galaxies

  Thought the universe was crowded with 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies? Try 1 trillion or even 2 trillion galaxies and more.

  Science

  Oct 14, 2016
• Hubble spots water plumes erupting from Jupiter moon

  The Hubble Space Telescope has spied what appear to be water plumes on one of Jupiter's icy moons shooting up as high as 200 kilometres.

  Science

  Sep 27, 2016
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• New dark feature spotted on Neptune

  For the first time since 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a dark vortex on Neptune.

  Science

  Jun 24, 2016
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• Hubble telescope finds universe is expanding faster than believed

  Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have come across an interesting discovery: the universe is expanding five to nine per cent faster than expected.

  Science

  Jun 2, 2016