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

The NIAOT in Nanjing was placed on Washington’s entity list in 2023, not long after shipping the finished spectrograph.

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NASA's achievements, from the iconic Apollo missions to the James Webb Telescope, have redefined space exploration and ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

James Webb Space Telescope has shown new views of the universe that has previously remained inaccessible. Located at Lagrange ...

The shockwave Webb studied emerged from Cassiopeia A, now a neutron star, about 11,000 light-years from Earth. After the ...

To see distant galaxies and fainter star clusters, time a trip around a new moon, when the night is at its darkest.

Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp with an image from NASA, the European Space Agency, the Canadian ...

The U.S. Postal Service has issued two new stamps featuring iconic images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The stamps, ...

Uncover the mysteries of galaxies with Rutgers University's new findings on Leo P, a small galaxy that started and stopped ...

Visible from nearly every corner of the Earth, this event promises both a feast for the eyes and a moment to ponder ...