Space Hubble Stretches Stellar Tape Measure 10 Times Farther into Space by Gary Kopycinski on April 10, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Space: How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades May 16, 2024 Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape January 12, 2023 Christmas Launch Now for the James Webb Space Telescope December 21, 2021 This illustration shows how the precision stellar distance measurements from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have been extended 10 times farther into our Milky Way galaxy than possible previously. Image: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)