And now it's 250 million miles away.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare cosmic moment: a comet breaking apart in real time.

The researchers had initially selected a different target for Hubble.

Learn about the breakup and bright outbursts of comet K1, caught by the Hubble Space Telescope on accident.

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

Space scientists have captured a comet breaking into pieces by accident. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope witnessed the ...

In an incredibly lucky cosmic accident, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a comet breaking apart in real time—something ...

A last-minute target switch led researchers to Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), which Hubble then watched split into at least four ...

This March 16, 2026, image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – again. For months, 3I/ATLAS has attracted plenty of attention – and become the source of bizarre alien spaceship conspiracies – as it ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years of incredible discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy.