Take a deep breath: the universe is not just big it’s mind-bogglingly, practically scandalously huge. And it’s growing. A ...

The idea that the universe is expanding was first proposed by Edwin Hubble in the late 1920s and has been repeatedly backed ...

To celebrate the Hubble telescope's 35th anniversary, NASA released some striking new images on Wednesday, including a bold rendition of Mars and a stunning photo of a moth-shaped nebula with a ...

Edwin Hubble joined the Mount Wilson Observatory team in California in 1919, ... I don't think I've ever seen a picture of Hubble without a pipe in his mouth!

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his ...

This new image showcases NGC 346, a dazzling young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Nota, P. Massey, E. Sabbi, C. Murray, M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) This month sees a ...

Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble (1889 - 1953) sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal. Image: New York Times Co./Getty Images This article was originally featured on The Conversation .

Edwin Hubble was the creator of the great space tool, which has taken countless worldview-shattering photos with its equipped ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light-measuring instruments.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Nearly a century ago, Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is getting larger. Modern measurements of how fast it is expanding ...

A new Hubble Telescope image shines a spotlight on a classic spiral galaxy named NGC 3430.