The Hubble Space Telelscope has its infrared vision back. The space telescope has been blind at infrared wavelengths since 1999 when NICMOS, or the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, ...

When a team of researchers sifted through old data from the Hubble Space Telescope and discovered two hidden alien planets that had gone unnoticed for 13 years, they inadvertently found a new way to ...

After 3 years of blindness, the Hubble Space Telescope’s near-infrared vision has been restored. Prematurely running out of its nitrogen-ice coolant in 1999, Hubble’s Near Infrared Camera and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The launch of Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990. This photo captures ...

A new color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures in the hot ionized gas swirling around the central 300 ...

However, in March astronauts refurbished Hubble and installed an advanced cooling system that will keep the key instrument operating indefinitely. Astronomers have now released the first test images ...