"It was actually a total surprise to find the satellites in that configuration and we still don’t fully understand why they appear that way." ...

The camera was pointed at a section of sky known as the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which was initially surveyed in visible light in 2004, and showed a dark sky filled with more than 10,000 galaxies.

Curtis argued that the spiral nebulas were galaxies in their own right, but said that the Milky Way was only 10,000 light years across. Shapley argued the opposite. Hubble enters the fray Edwin ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young ...

SEE ALSO: Hubble Telescope to Snap 6 New Views of Universe The image reveals new details of a huge cluster of galaxies called Abell 370, which is located about 6 billion light-years away from Earth.

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image ... The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a massive star which exploded in a supernova 10,000 years ago, leaving behind a striking structure of dust ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a series of close-ups showing spectacularly bright infrared galaxies – as much as 10,000 times more luminous than our Milky Way – pumping out stars and ...

Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

A Hubble Space Telescope study takes a close look at the dwarf galaxies surrounding Andromeda. Credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton / B.F. Williams / L.C. Johnson / PHAT team / R. Gendler Surrounding ...

This ongoing galactic collision is located in the Boötes constellation and will eventually become a singular galaxy after the merger has completed. Based on the new image that Hubble captured ...