The telescope's infrared detectors will be able to distinguish 102 colors invisible to the human eye, yielding the most colorful, inclusive map ever made of the cosmos.

NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — NASA launches new space telescope to map the entire sky in unprecedented color.

The Sky-Watcher EQM-35 works with refractor ... Alt-Az mounts are great at terrestrial observation, while EQ mounts are better for deeper space. Some telescope mounts are entirely manual, while ...

Radio astronomers see what the naked eye can't. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio signals rather than light, we end up seeing a lot of circles. The newest generation of radio ...

What are you, SIMP 0136? Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to peer into this object flying by itself through our Milky Way galaxy. It's rapidly spinning, and at some 13 ...

Planet hunters hoping to catch a glimpse of the spectacular display need just a few simple items for the optimal experience: clear weather, a dark sky and a pair of binoculars or a telescope to ...

It's known as a planetary parade. You'll need a telescope for some of them, but you should be able to find them. Trish Cerulli, the President of the Blue Ridge Astronomy Club, explained more about ...

A typical radio telescope consisted of the biggest dish that available funds could provide, in order to collect as much of the weak cosmic radio emissions as possible. The dish focused the ...

Groundbreaking flat lens enables telescopes to capture color and detect light from distant stars. Credit: LSST / CC BY 4.0 Engineers have created an innovative flat lens that enhances telescopes’ ...