A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released the picture Wednesday. Snapped last month by the ...

Benjamin Pope receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Big Questions Institute. After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured evidence of a planet beyond the solar system for the first time since its launch in 2021. The exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images of the relatively small world in Earth's galactic backyard. The telescope, ...

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 ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...

Update: NASA is now targeting a launch for Friday, March 7. Find the latest information on the mission here. How did the universe begin? How do planets form and galaxies develop? Could life exist ...

Seeing the stars or the moon doesn’t have to be complicated; even a beginner can do it with the right scope. By John Alexander Published Feb 27, 2025 9:15 AM EST We may earn revenue from the products ...

From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

These travel telescopes will help you take your stargazing with you no matter how far you roam from home. By Abby Ferguson Published Oct 28, 2024 9:00 AM EDT We may earn revenue from the products ...

Hubble. Webb. Chandra. Spitzer. Rubin. Roman. And now, Simonyi. With the ramping up of the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, Microsoft software architect Charles ...

The telescope began as a relatively simple device, born out of optical experimentation. It combined a series of lenses and mirrors to collect and magnify light, allowing the user to see far away ...