April 2026 marks 36th birth anniversary of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Launched in 1990, this telescope is a milestone for ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched nearly five years ago, and the first images it revealed made waves across the astronomical world. Those images are still among the most relevant pictures ...

The most powerful telescope to be launched into space has made history by detecting a record number of new stars in a distant galaxy. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, history's largest and most ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection consists of the oral ...

"...The Space Telescope History Project, a joint enterprise of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and the History of Science Department, the ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun If you’ve ever done any public outreach work for astronomy—if you’ve given open lectures ...