Tag: Hubble Space Telescope

Still sharp, Hubble Space Telescope’s Future Uncertain

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The giant orbiting telescope turns 25 this year, and it remains a powerful scientific tool. But its future is uncertain; it hasn’t been serviced since the last shuttle mission in 2009. Get all the details on one of NASA’s great success stories from The Washington Post.

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NASA’s Huge Image of a Tiny Section of Space (Video too)

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Space is big, staggeringly so, uncomprehendingly so, and NASA has just delivered a picture that hammers the point home… just in case you hadn’t thought about it in a while. The image, captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as

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