This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa) . It has launched spectacularly ...

During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...

NASA has released new high-definition images to mark Hubble's anniversary. The Hubble Space Telescope launched 35 years ago on April 24, 1990. The telescope continues to drive discovery in ...

It’s not often that telescopes suspended in space have landmark birthdays like this one. Launched on April 24, 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has orbited at about 320 miles above Earth ...

Although the Inouye Solar Telescope began operating from its perch on the Hawaiian volcano Haleakala in 2022, the addition of its latest key piece of equipment provides a major boost to its spatial, ...

Thirty-five years ago today a revolutionary new era of astronomy began when the Hubble Space Telescope, tucked onboard the space shuttle Discovery, blasted off Earth into history. The next day a ...

At nearly 10,000 feet above sea level - and almost 6,200 miles (10,000 kilometers) from Rome - you’ll find the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), part of the Mount Graham ...

M83 as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope which might have detected a hidden supermassive black hole in this spiral galaxy. | Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Adamo (Stockholm University ...