Trippy NASA visualization takes you on a journey through the iconic pillars of creation

The gleaming towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades since they were first captured by the Hubble Telescope. Now NASA issued the most detailed visualization of the iconic celestial structure, revealing all its dreamlike features across multiple wavelengths of light. Webb telescope visualizes the … Read more

The legendary Hubble telescope has entered ‘safe mode’. Here’s NASA’s plan to keep it alive

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope eyes the universe in May 2009 after one of the space shuttle missions to service the space observatory. - NASA

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The Hubble Space Telescope will transition to a new way of operating that aims to prevent the space observatory from experiencing shortfalls in its ability to observe the universe, NASA officials said. The legendary telescope, … Read more