Dr Edwin Powell Hubble, who lends his name to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, was one of the leading astronomers of the twentieth century. Born 135 years ago today on 20 November 1889, his ...

Yet, a century ago, its discovery by Edwin Hubble, then an astronomer at Carnegie Observatories, opened humanity's eyes as to how large the universe really is, and revealed that our Milky Way ...

Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble (1889 - 1953) sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal. Image: New York Times Co./Getty Images This article was originally featured on The Conversation.

This new image showcases NGC 346, a dazzling young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Nota, P. Massey, E. Sabbi, C. Murray, M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) This month sees a ...

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than ...

100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious. At the of age 30, he arrived at Mount Wilson Observatory in Southern California just in time to use the new Hooker 100-inch telescope, at the time the largest ...

The Hubble Telescope was first launched on April 24, 1990, and has lived in low-Earth orbit since with the general objective of “understanding the Universe.” Edwin Hubble was the creator of ...

Hubble, for whom the Hubble Space Telescope is named, lived in the neighborhood in the early 1900s.

To celebrate the Hubble telescope's 35th anniversary, NASA released some striking new images on Wednesday, including a bold rendition of Mars and a stunning photo of a moth-shaped nebula with a ...

For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken photos of celestial objects across the universe. Look back at 10 photos taken by the telescope orbiting above Earth's surface.

The telescope was named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who studied the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy using the Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles in 1923, according to the observatory’s website.