Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists uncovered bizarre atmospheric structures on Saturn, including drifting “dark beads” in the ionosphere and an asymmetric star pattern in the ...
We’ve all seen spectacular pictures of space, and it’s easy to assume that’s how it looks to the naked eye through a nice telescope. But in most cases, that’s simply not true.
A partial solar eclipse happens Sunday in parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Saturn will also appear at its brightest, with Earth directly between it and the sun.
Astronomers have taken a huge leap towards discovering habitable worlds, and the world now eagerly anticipates a rocky planet ...
In a recent piece for my column The Universe, I wrote about the biggest black holes in the cosmos. Black holes are rather ...
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 French company Vaonis is one of the leading manufacturers of smart telescopes, and the Vespera Pro is their premium model ...
A decade ago, the first gravitational waves confirmed that black holes collide. Telescopes soon revealed shadows of giants ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third observed interstellar object ever witnessed in Earth's solar system. The Gemini South telescope in Chile is the latest observatory to get a glimpse of the object as it ...
The James Webb Space Telescope peered into a young star cluster called Pismis 24, which is one of the closest clusters of new massive stars to Earth. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Alyssa Pagan ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile ...
Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding star.