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A planet with a fiery comet-like tail has been discovered in a distant solar system.

ASTRONOMERS around the world this weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the launching of the iconic Hubble, NASA’s first orbiting space telescope that has revolutionised human understanding of the universe.

THE refurbished Hubble space telescope has produced the sharpest photos yet of cosmic beauty.

The refurbished Hubble space telescope has produced the sharpest photos yet of cosmic beauty, complete with heavenly glows.

SPACE Shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven has returned to Earth, ending their exalted Hubble Space Telescope repair mission in California after stormy weather prevented a return to NASA’s Florida base.

Spacewalking astronauts completed repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope, leaving it more powerful than ever and able to peer even deeper into the cosmos - almost to the brink of creation.

Spacewalkers’ hi-tech tools proved ineffective when it came to dislodging a bolt interfering with repairs at the Hubble Telescope.

FOR the second straight day, astronauts stepped out on a space walk yesterday to bring a scientific instrument back from the dead on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a more commanding view of the cosmos by installing a new hi-tech instrument, then pulled off their toughest job yet: fixing a broken camera.

A pair of spacewalking astronauts stepped outside today to begin demanding repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope, a job made all the more dangerous because of the debris-ridden orbit.

Space shuttle Atlantis took off today on its way to the Hubble space telescope.

AFTER months of delay, NASA cleared space shuttle Atlantis for launch today to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Nasa’s astronauts are preparing for a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope – with a standby shuttle being readied for what could be a hazardous trip.

ONCE it is unfurled in orbit in 2013, the world’s biggest space telescope will have an eagle-eyed camera that scientists hope will lift the veil from the origins and mysteries of the universe.

The primary camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down and is likely to be only marginally restored, Nasa said, a collapse one US astronomer called a "great loss".

Scientists in the US are deadlocked over the severity of the next sunspot cycle, which could produce powerful solar storms that can disrupt communication systems on Earth.

Pluto has three moons, not one, new images from the Hubble Space Telescope suggest.

NASA scientists have discovered what may be one of the youngest planets known to man.

Pictures of the newly discovered planetoid Sedna show it moonless, spinning alone some eight billion miles from Earth.

Astronomers have peered deeper into the depths of the universe than ever before to obtain a startling view of the earliest galaxies, it emerged today.

THE clamour over a plan to abandon the Hubble Space Telescope and along with it, the most striking images of the universe ever seen has been so loud that NASA’s chief says the decision will be reviewed.

The Hubble Space Telescope will eventually become useless, as Nasa switches the focus to President George Bush's plans to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Nasa is cancelling all space shuttle servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope, a decision that, in effect, will cause the powerful observatory to slowly degrade and eventually become useless, officials said tonight.

Astronomers across Ireland were rigging up their telescopes today as Mars comes closer to the Earth than any time since the last ice age almost 60,000 years ago.

A “perfect storm” – a region of turbulent gas and radiation which resembles a raging sea – has been discovered far out in space, scientists disclosed today.

NASA has expressed confidence that a cooling system problem aboard space shuttle Columbia would not prematurely end the spacecraft’s mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope.

Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope may have found the smallest 'free-floating' objects detected.