As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Astronomers have identified what they believe to be the largest structure in the universe to date. Named "Quipu" after the ancient Incan method of record-keeping, this colossal superstructure ...

It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to Earth in 2032. The chances of an impact remain ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive, double-lobed radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years from a quasar that existed when ...

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The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be impossible to observe, but the Euclid telescope has ...

The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this perfectly circular Einstein ring has allowed researchers ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...