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

Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to survey distant galaxies spotted an unusual, chance phenomenon called an "Einstein ring." It's not an actual ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: ASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez The James Webb Space ...

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For 34 years, the Hubble Telescope has been orbiting space, each day sending new information back to Earth. Now, the telescope is showing a new multiwavelength galaxy view for the first time. NASA ...

Big telescopes feature some of the finest and most precise mirrors in the world. So when one gets dirty, what happens? The European Southern Observatory (ESO) operates some of the most powerful ...

A telescope in Chile has caught a spectacular new view of a peculiar galaxy with a monster black hole at its heart. The new image shows the galaxy Centaurus A, which is a sprawling elliptical galaxy ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you ...

You can take Instagram-worthy pictures of the night sky with the Vaonis Hestia. The Vaonis Hestia gives users a closer look at the moon, sun and stars, but it’s far from a traditional telescope. It’s ...

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful James ...

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...