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Hubble captured this massive galaxy cluster, called Abell 1351, with its Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Hubble Captures a Galactic Menagerie
With its mirror segments aligned and its scientific instruments undergoing calibration, Webb is just weeks from full operation.
Webb Gets Ready to Study Rocky Worlds
Completing a nearly 30-year marathon, Hubble has calibrated more than 40 "milepost markers" of space and time.
Hubble Reaches New Milestone in Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate
These Jupiter-sized worlds are so close to their parent star that they are being roasted at temperatures above 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hubble Probes Extreme Weather on Ultra-Hot Jupiters
Hubble has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of the farthest individual star ever seen to date.
Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen
This cosmic portrait – captured by Hubble – shows a stunning view of the spiral galaxy NGC 4571.
Hubble Spies a Stunning Spiral
The number of confirmed exoplanets has crossed the 5,000 mark.
Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets
Smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Astronomers report the first observations of a debris cloud from one of these collisions.
NASA Spots Giant Debris Cloud Created by Clashing Celestial Bodies
The Webb team expects the telescope's optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to achieve.
NASA's Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully
A design quirk in the X-ray observatory has made it possible for astronomers to use previously unwanted light to study more cosmic objects than before.
NASA's NuSTAR Makes Illuminating Discoveries With ‘Nuisance' Light
A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a companion black hole orbiting around it.
Astronomers Find Two Giant Black Holes Spiraling Toward a Collision
The team has successfully worked through the second and third out of seven total phases of mirror alignment.
Webb Telescope Mirror Alignment Continues
A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy.
Galaxy Collision Creates 'Space Triangle' in New Hubble Image
Five years ago, astronomers revealed a spectacular collection of other worlds: the TRAPPIST-1 system.
Day of Discovery: 7 Earth-Size Planets
One of the most exciting findings in planetary science in recent years is the discovery of interstellar objects passing through our solar system.
Studying the Next Interstellar Interloper with Webb
NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer has delivered its first imaging data since completing its month-long commissioning phase.
NASA's IXPE Sends First Science Image
The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s primary mirror.
Photons Received: Webb Sees Its First Star – 18 Times
This Hubble image seems incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery.
Hubble Views a Cosmic Interaction
NGC 1705 is a cosmic oddball – it is small, irregularly shaped, and has recently undergone a spate of star formation known as a starburst.
Hubble Revisits a Galactic Oddball
By happy coincidence, the interaction of these galaxies resembles the starship known as the USS Enterprise from Star Trek!
Hubble Spots a Starship-Shaped Galactic Pair
Dr. Laurie Leshin has been appointed as director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California.
NASA Statement on New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Appointment
The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble Sights a Sail of Stars
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team will answer questions about the mission’s latest milestones on Jan. 24.
NASA to Discuss Webb's Arrival at Final Destination, Next Steps
A black hole at the heart of the dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 is creating stars rather than gobbling them up.
Hubble Finds a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy
An international research team will survey the stars, star clusters, and dust that lie within 19 nearby galaxies.
Capturing All That Glitters in Galaxies With NASA's Webb