Astronomers investigate a potential impact on Saturn after a bright flash was caught on camera. NASA image may show first ...

Six years ago, a Dutch-led telescope on the Chinese Chang’e-4 demonstrated that it is possible to do radio astronomy from ...

PhoSim simulates the atmosphere, including air turbulence, as well as distortions from the shape of the telescope’s mirrors and the electrical properties of the sensors. The photons are propagated ...

Across continents and cultures, people have gathered under the stars for centuries, weaving cosmic wonders into their ...

What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but.

"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very unlikely." ...

This video explores Euclid's “First Light” images, released in November 2023, less than a year after its launch. These stunning debut images from ESA's space telescope offer an unparalleled view of ...

Nestled atop Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Lowell Observatory has been a cornerstone of astronomical discovery since 1894 — and it’s still inspiring curiosity today.

Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an ...