Stunning photos show bright comet lighting up the dark skies above ESO'sParanal Observatory, future home of the world's ...

A high-stakes face-off is brewing in the arid deserts of northern Chile, between astronomers building the world’s largest optical telescope and a proposed green energy megaproject from an ...

It's a precursor to the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which will be the world's largest telescope when it commences science operations around 2028. SKA is a network of thousands of radio antennas ...

These observations were done at the Parkes Observatory on Wiradjuri country in the central west of New South Wales, Australia ...

The telescope is expected to be the largest optical-infrared facility in the world for decades. The mirrors are ready and awaiting installation. "This is a major challenge," said Tobias Muller ...

Katherine Laliotis is a freelance science writer and Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics. She often covers stories at the intersection of science and society.