Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

The new study used the known distance to a galaxy called M106/NGC 4258 — a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici — as a reference point. The universe is expanding faster than astronomers ...

For more than three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has been capturing images we never imagined possible, revealing ...

The Andromeda galaxy helped Edwin Hubble settle a great debate in astronomy. Stocktrek Images via Getty Images A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known ...

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about. My colleagues and I have published a new study that suggests ...

On New Year’s Day, 1925, attendees at an astronomical conference heard one of the most influential scientific presentations of all time. It proved the Andromeda Nebula is immensely distant from Earth, ...

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Physicists have been puzzling over conflicting observational results pertaining to the accelerating expansion rate of our Universe—a major discovery recognized by the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. New ...

In 1974, the project’s Science Working Group recommended that the telescope be required to resolve details at least one-tenth ...

Introduction -- Hubble's universe -- Hubble's top science accomplishments -- The message of starlight -- Crucibles of creation -- Starry tapestry -- Blaze of glory -- Hubble's invisible universe -- ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...