observations by fellow astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way did not encompass the cosmos, and that myriad galaxies exist beyond our own. Hubble’s findings revolutionized humanity ...

These icy bodies contain organic molecules — and don’t fall into any known category of celestial object we’ve seen before.

The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.

In the century or so since Edwin Hubble discovered that the Milky Way is just one of countless galaxies in the universe, our understanding of our home galaxy has grown in leaps and bounds. But as ...

Just about everyone has heard of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — not too surprising considering that it has been with us for ...

In the century or so since Edwin Hubble discovered that the Milky Way is just one of countless galaxies in the universe, our understanding of our home galaxy has grown in leaps and bounds.

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...

Edwin Hubble shattered the astronomical boundaries of the 1920s by identifying other galaxies beyond the Milky Way and unveiling the universe’s expansion, igniting a new era of cosmic exploration. A ...