SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is peering into distant worlds and rewriting our grasp of the cosmos. And in 2025, its budget ...

First discovered in 2009, GJ 1214 b is described by the JWST team as being “sub-Neptune-sized” - smaller than the outermost ...

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in ...

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

In February 1995, a small research organisation known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by ...

The student, named Ma Junhe, dreamed of exploring the moon from a young age. After learning about telescope construction ...

I was completely thrown for a loop. I thought I was hallucinating for a second,’ a Jewish student enrolled in the class tells ...

A hands-on telescope-making workshop was conducted at KTHM College, where students learned about astronomy and telescope ...

Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...