One of the world's largest radio telescopes has been destroyed by a Ukrainian drone to prevent Russian forces from using it ...

Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...

The Phantom Galaxy (M74) has been imaged in infrared and optical light using the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the advances ...

In Chilean tradition, this ceremony is known as Tijerales, and was celebrated on April 16, 2025 with a traditional barbeque for the crew. The ceremony was also livestreamed to ESO's headquarters in ...

Today, April 11, 2006, The Planetary Society dedicated a new optical telescope at an observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts — one designed solely to search for light ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine ...

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Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest "super" star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July 23, 2025. This ...

Upon arrival at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Optical Telescope Assembly for the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was lifted out of the shipping fixture and placed with other ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new "spider" millisecond pulsar, which received designation ...