It wasn’t until the ‘90s that our astronomical powers advanced enough to confirm the existence of worlds around other stars.

Saturn, the jewel of the solar system, has returned to the night sky. The ringed planet rises in the east just as the sun ...

For hundreds of years, telescopes have allowed us to map the stars and study the great mysteries of the cosmos. Astronomers knew there were other planets in our solar system even before telescopes, ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space ...

The critical issue -- The technology of grinding crystals in antiquity and the Middle Ages -- The reading stones (lapides ad legendum) -- The first dioptrical vision aids -- Glass techniques in the ...

On Sept. 17, 1789, the British astronomer William Herschel discovered Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas. Of course, "Star ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released the ...

"The articles in this collection are reprinted from Automotive Industries and Public Works." The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released the latest photos Thursday.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third observed interstellar object ever witnessed in Earth's solar system. The Gemini South telescope in Chile is the latest observatory to get a glimpse of the object as it ...