The Latest Breaking News from Hubble

SpaceX, NASA, and a billionaire are hatching an ambitious plan to save Hubble

Hubble's orbit it sagging, and a crew might help it out. SpaceX and Jared Isaacman signed a deal with the agency to explore the possibility.

Inverse · Sep 30, 2022

NASA releases detailed views of DART mission smashing into asteroid from James Webb, Hubble telescopes

NASA's James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have captured views of the DART spacecraft intentionally smashing into an asteroid in a mission trialling technology for protecting Earth from potential asteroid collisions.

ABC News · Sep 29, 2022

Look: Hubble and Webb Telescopes joined forces to image NASA's asteroid hit

The joint observation is a first for Hubble and Webb, and it proves the space telescopes are allies, not rivals.

Inverse · Sep 29, 2022

Some dying stars could have hidden conspirators shaping their afterlife

At the end of their lives, sunlike stars metamorphose into glowing shells of gas — perhaps shaped by unseen companions

Inverse · Aug 27, 2022

Look: Hubble Space Telescope captures light so distorted a galaxy appears twice

The robust telescope found a space mirror.

Inverse · Jul 26, 2022

A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe

It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images such as the one below give us a chance to see faint distant galaxies as they were more than 13 billion years ago.

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2022

What the James Webb Space Telescope offers that Hubble cannot

Compared to Hubble, the James Webb can see the first (and oldest) galaxies form in detail.

The Canberra Times · Jul 16, 2022

Hubble vs. Webb: NASA's new telescope will blow an iconic image out of the water

In the game of Hubble vs. Webb, we're going to see what Webb is really capable of.

Inverse · Jul 14, 2022

“A stunning achievement”: 12 scientists tell us their thoughts on JWST first images

It was all a lot to take in — so we asked a few people in the astronomy community their thoughts.

Inverse · Jul 14, 2022

Explained | What is the relevance of the recently released images from the James Webb Space Telescope?

With the release of its first five stunning images, the James Webb Space Telescope has demonstrated an acute observational capacity and revealed aspects of the cosmos hitherto hidden from other telescopes

The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022