There's some sad news from NASA: The space agency says its Kepler space telescope is beyond repair. The $600 million planet-hunting probe whose mission was to search other solar systems for Earth-like ...

On Sept. 26, Washburn University’s physics and astronomy department celebrated the achievements of Steven G. Black, former ...

Lowell Observatory, Arizona's oldest center for astronomy, is launching a campaign to recruit an army of benefactors to repair the telescope and dome from which Percival Lowell discovered what he said ...

WASHINGTON — Using the power of pictures, the Hubble Space Telescope has snapped away at the mystery of the universe. For 19 years, Hubble has shown the epic violence of crashing galaxies, spied on ...

A pair of Sydney Ph.D. students helped sharpen the view of humanity's most powerful space observatory—without leaving Earth.

GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) - NASA said on Tuesday it would undertake a potentially risky shuttle mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope until at least 2013. NASA Administrator ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will send a space shuttle to repair the 16-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, agency administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday, reversing his predecessor's decision to ...

The extraordinary James Webb Space Telescope had a major problem before two young scientists unlocked its full potential.

Two NASA astronauts will perform the year's first spacewalk today (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live. Nick Hague and Suni Williams are scheduled to venture outside the International Space ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you ...

Coverage will begin at 6:30 a.m. ET (1130 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two NASA astronauts will perform the year's first ...