A new telescope three times Hubble's power is set to launch in 2018. — -- NASA's overachieving Hubble Space Telescope keeps plugging along with its discoveries -- and will be doing so for at ...

While the powerful James Webb Space Telescope was stealing the spotlight this year by beginning its journey into deep space to take extremely detailed photos, its predecessor was still going strong.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Don’t ask astronomers to choose between the Hubble Space Telescope and the new kid on the cosmic block, the James Webb Space Telescope. “Comparing Hubble and Webb is like asking ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Hubble Space Telescope’s successor is a time-traveling wonder capable of peering back to within a hair’s breadth of the dawn of the universe. And it’s finally on the brink ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The Hubble Space Telescope is offline. An STS-125 crew ...

After more than a month of being offline, the Hubble Space Telescope is operating again. Over the weekend, engineers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced they had ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Hubble Space Telescope’s successor is a time-traveling wonder capable of peering back to within a hair’s breadth of the dawn of the universe. And it’s finally on the brink ...

While the launch of any space-going vehicle is a glorious spectacle, this particular mission was special. Safely nestled in its cargo bay was the powerful Hubble Space Telescope, which would become ...

Update for March 12: The Hubble Space Telescope returned to conducting science operations Thursday (March 11) at 8 p.m. EST (0100 March 12 GMT), after spending about four and a half days in "safe mode ...