The JWST could see a 25-35% reduction in operations, and some Hubble instruments may have to fend for themselves.

By the mid-to-late 2030s, Hubble’s orbital distance from the Earth would have become too small to keep it in space. Scientists estimated there was a 99.6 per cent chance it would be destroyed as ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has recently confirmed that a nearby planet, which is diminutive by exoplanet standards, is 1.07 times the size of Earth.

The Hubble Space Telescope has measured the diameter of the nearest transiting exoplanet to us, ... Earth, by comparison, has an average density of 5.51 grams per cubic centimeter.

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

Hubble is expected to lose enough altitude to begin falling back to Earth some time after that, around 2040; NASA has some fuzzy plans to give the telescope a propulsion system that would either ...

Among the pillars and valleys of a nebula 20,000 light-years from Earth, a stellar nursery of glowing gas and dust nurtures thousands of baby stars. How the Hubble Space Telescope has changed our ...

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 ...

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope, Earth and a total lunar eclipse to answer an important question: What might signs of life look like on a planet hundreds of light-years away? One sign ...

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope's three remaining gyroscopes, ... Isaacman, a billionaire who chartered the first fully commercial flight to low-Earth orbit in 2021, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back dazzling images and critical data back to Earth for 32 years, but nothing lasts forever, even space telescopes. In an effort to give the telescope a longer ...