Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science's biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is a global radio telescope project built in the Southern Hemisphere. There, ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve ...

The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...

A new rectangular telescope design could finally spot Earth-like planets around nearby stars, bringing the search for alien ...

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object ...

To distinguish an Earth-like planet from its star at a distance of roughly 30 light-years, a space telescope must collect ...

The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's ...

Moroccan astrophysicist Meriem El Yajouri has officially joined NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star.