The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in ...

A rare breed of star recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope spins faster by feeding on its stellar siblings.

Capturing images of individual stars in distant galaxies has generally been considered impossible for decades. But NASA’s ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ as the top pick for basic astrophotography in our best beginner's telescope guide.

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016. Dr. Rubin’s work persuaded astronomers of the existence of dark ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

Scientists are deploying two telescopes to detect high-energy neutrinos, also known as ghost particles, under the Mediterranean Sea. The two telescopes are part of the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - The 36th annual First Night celebration took over Bushnell Park in Hartford to ring in 2025 Tuesday evening. RiseUP for Arts and First Night Hartford joined together to ...

This would avoid the challenges of testing and launch-proofing large, complex structures, like habitats and telescopes, and give us the flexibility to change those structures if mission needs are ...

Since its launch on Christmas Day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has proven its worth year after year. 2024 is no exception. Here are just five times the ultrapowerful telescope has ...