The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.

At the Paranal Observatory, the UT4 telescope doesn't just stargaze—it actively creates its own stars using powerful lasers to battle atmospheric turbulence. Thanks to its advanced adaptive optics ...

Webb discovered an early cosmic boom of "red monster" galaxies, surprising even seasoned researchers who thought they knew ...

NASA's SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities to ...

New Tarantula Nebula observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are combined with imagery from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope ...

The most advanced instrument on the most powerful solar telescope ever built delivered first-light images with incredible ...

The best and easiest way to view the sun is to use your binoculars to project an image of the sun onto a piece white ...

These May nights provide the skywatcher impressive views of galactic clusters unimpeded by the Milky Way, the chance to study exoplanets and the opportunity to refresh one’s perspectives.

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.

Using the Subaru Telescope at Maunakea, Hawaii, the team discovered a “Dark Matter bridge” connecting Perseus to a subcluster ...

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

The discovery of Eos, the closest known molecular cloud to Earth and one of the largest structures in the night sky, hints at ...