In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years across from a distant quasar.

The epic story of how a notice in a Chad newspaper article in 1969 led to the launch of a multi-million-pound planetarium, ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for February's fantastic planetary parade. Want to focus your stargazing on our cosmic neighbors ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

The large objective lens gathers more light, providing brighter and clearer images, even in low-light conditions. This feature is particularly useful for observing objects or scenes in the early ...

A huge detector in the Mediterranean Sea spotted the most energetic neutrino from space to date. The particle could shed ...

with a total of 16 telescopes, including the largest optical telescope in the world. Great advances in the study of the universe have been made with these telescopes, ranging from the detection of ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive, double-lobed radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years from a quasar that existed when ...