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

Set for a spring grand opening, the new Stanley Observatory is close to completion, boasting a retractable roof and built to ...

In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, there's lots of activity as construction on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is still underway, with cranes helping to move pieces in place. The ELT is the ...

Little more than 50 years ago, Australian and British astronomers dazzled the world with their newly commissioned ...

Just 40 light-years from Earth, a red dwarf star named TRAPPIST-1 intrigues astronomers with its exceptional planetary system ...

In 2015, Hubble Space Telescope imagery was used to create an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. [Facts about our solar system's largest planet]( Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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

The world’s largest space telescope, comprising thousands of antennae in the southern hemisphere, will generate massive ...

The Subaru Telescope, operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, has been registered as "Essential ...

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

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

"We show that this design can, in principle, find half of all existing Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars within 30 light-years in less than three years." ...