The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

Using the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists made the first-ever ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen using infrared technology, and creating a time lapse of the phenomena.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar ...

The mighty telescope is expected to see its "first light" by 2028 ... When fully assembled, M1 will be the largest mirror ever built for an optical telescope. Breaking space news, the latest ...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...

The telescope's namesake, American astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889 - 1953), first discovered that this ... This is the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen ... of the interstellar dust and gas for the first time. "We were pretty shocked to ...