Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star ...
ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar ...
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 ...
Two NASA astronauts are currently hard at work in space, patching up an instrument called NICER (Neutron star Interior ...
Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...
By using mirrors instead of lenses, Newton was able to create a more powerful instrument, 10 times smaller than traditional telescopes. When the Royal Society heard about Newton’s telescope they ...
the largest planet in the solar system is seen surrounded by colossal clouds of X-rays that have so far remained invisible to the eyes and even telescopes. The space lumps were captured by Nasa's ...