Spacewalking astronauts successfully replaced the Hubble Space Telescope's main camera, which has taken many of the telescope's most famous images, after wrestling with a stubborn bolt that refused to ...

A high-tech camera the size of a baby grand piano is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, drawing admiring looks from scientists and historians who relish the chance to ...

Jubilant astronomers today unveiled humankind’s most spectacular views of the universe, as captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). They also reported that ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a more commanding view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument Saturday, then pulled off their toughest ...

First motion is almost always a big event in the world of space exploration. Whether the first motion is of a wheel beginning to rotate or a rocket lifting off the pad, first motion means things are ...

Imagine a window opening onto the universe, a window affording views unparalleled in history and offering glimpses of thousands of spinning galaxies and luminous, exploding stars. For a brief time, UW ...

BALTIMORE -- The primary camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down and is likely to be only marginally restored, NASA said Monday, a collapse one astronomer called "a great loss." While other ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to making the ...