The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

This photo of M16 is the latest redux image published to mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, which ...

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From spellbinding images to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we look back on some of Hubble's most exciting milestones.

Robert Lee Hotz covered new research and its impact on society for The Wall Street Journal.

Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. Four ...

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

The planet, recently renamed BD+05 4868 Ab, is losing its outer layer piece by piece, with a comet-like trail of dust left ...