Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

A rare breed of star recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope spins faster by feeding on its stellar siblings.

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets—almost half ...

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

Make the most of January's new moon and survey the darkened skies with the best telescopes ... it'll be far easier to pick out stars, nebulas, planets and other non-lunar objects.

A parade of planets will be visible to skywatchers around the globe through the rest of this month and into February.

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

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

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