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

Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science's biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is a ...

NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas ...

As China's first self-developed advanced submillimeter wave telescope, once completed, the XSMT is expected to join the ...

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

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

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

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

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

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 ...