Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

Unistellar's citizen scientists are using their smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense, research and observational astronomy.

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

One would think that a US$99,000 telescope requires specialist training and a thick instruction manual. But the new Hyperia ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

It’s an open secret in astronomy that, practically wherever the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) looks in the sky, a vast, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) started its science mission just a few weeks ago, surpassing all expectations while astonishing scientists and the public alike. Its infrared instruments and a ...

Hoping to see deeper into the universe, scientists and engineers are designing some of the largest and weirdest telescopes ...

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is ...

Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace.

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