When the search for habitable exoplanets requires a 1,000 times more stable telescope than James Webb Space Telescope, even ...

Eight science teams with more than 2,000 members are part of the LSST ecosystem, all working as a connected network with distinct objectives. The Rubin Observatory’s telescope is equipped with the ...

The University of Chicago has announced the winners of its 2025 “ Science as Art ” contest, which highlights images of innovative scientific research from the UChicago community. The contest drew ...

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s infancy — the earliest cosmic time yet accessible to humans. The researchers ...

Astronomers warn that proposed changes to the space observatory's operational budget could decrease the amount of groundbreaking data gathered by the mission.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), achieved a major ...

Failing hardware on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may lead to less science, officials say, but the space agency isn’t ready to pursue a private repair mission ...

The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode and stopped conducting science on April 23 when one of its three remaining gyroscopes sent faulty readings back to Earth.

Science visualization specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore stack images together and stitch observations from different instruments on the telescope.

The eclipse will be visible across most of the United States, with the path of totality stretching from parts of Texas to Maine. This will be the last total solar eclipse in the contiguous United ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope is poised to transform the field of astronomy. Carnegie Science astronomers share insights on the future of their field and how they plan to use the Giant Magellan to ...

The results from this limited dataset hint at even more powerful future insights about the nature of our universe. Located at the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, the ...