Hubble captured a bird's eye view of the known dwarf galaxies orbiting the large Andromeda galaxy. These 36 smaller satellites are circled in yellow. Credit: NASA / ESA / Alessandro Savino ...

The universe kept getting vaster and vaster. Hubble (the astronomer) had observed Andromeda with a 100-inch telescope (that’s the diameter of the mirror) on Mount Wilson in Southern California.

The Hubble Space Telescope has played a crucial role in studying Andromeda’s satellite galaxies. With over 1,000 orbits dedicated to this research, Hubble has provided a high-resolution 3D map ...

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On a clear night, some stars of the galaxy can be seen from Earth.

Astrophysicist Edwin Hubble was offered a staff position at the Mount Wilson Observatory in 1919 by the founder and director ...

NASA launched Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, in 2021, although unlike Hubble, JWST is stationed so far beyond Earth’s orbit that crewed servicing missions are too daunting ...

On April 24, 1990, NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit. Since then, the telescope—a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency ...

Located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth, Andromeda, which is also known as Messier 31m has been a focus of the space community for more than a century, with early observations dating back ...

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Hubble’s newest view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2835 adds a stunning twist to a familiar sight. By capturing light in a special ...

Named after the agency’s first chief astronomer, the high-tech observatory is expected to launch in 2027 and will feature a field of view 100 times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.