In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

This material causes Titania and Oberon to have darker and redder leading hemispheres. These outer moons effectively shield ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope set out to study how Uranus’s magnetic field interacts with its largest ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter ...

New Hubble observations reveal unexpected darkening on Uranus’ moons, challenging long-held assumptions about its ...

Instead, they found no evidence for darkening on the moons’ trailing sides, and clear evidence for darkening of the leading ...

Although the flight did not end as well as SpaceX officials hoped, the company made some tangible progress Tuesday. Most ...

Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its ...

Saturn Aurorae: Akin to Earth, Saturn also experiences auroras, known as northern and southern lights. In this image, Hubble ultraviolet-light observations of an aurora are superposed on a visible ...

Hubble Captures the Start of a New Spoke Season at Saturn Feb. 9, 2023 — Since their discovery by NASA's Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary 'spoke' features across Saturn's rings have ...