Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the ...

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the ...

It was another major milestone for the International Dark Sky Discovery Center in Fountain Hills Monday, Sept. 29, as the ...

Dave Leake teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how telescopes work Join us as we explore the fascinating world of ...

Dave Leake teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about telescopes and how they work Curious about how telescopes let us ...

We previously covered one such “gravity telescope” with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Another one is the Japanese project Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAGRA).

From 1985 to 2014, Jean Mueller supported astronomers from around the world who came to Palomar to use its iconic instruments ...

Using the world’s largest digital camera, Rubin will capture a full view of the southern sky every three days.

Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...

A new study led by Dr. Heidi Newberg from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute proposes an unconventional yet highly efficient design for the next generation of space telescopes: a long, rectangular ...

As NASA described it, the stellar jet located on the outskirts of the Milky Way resembles Darth Maul’s double-bladed lightsaber from “Star Wars.” ...