Using IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists identify hundreds of obscured black holes hidden behind gas and dust.

Since the middle of the month, four of the five brightest planets in the night sky have been visible after sunset and will ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.

Illinois stargazers have the chance to see a "planet parade" this January, with four bright planets to be visible in a single line of sight. There also are three chances to see a supermoon later this ...

A team that included University of Arizona astronomers captured the infrared image of the supermassive black hole using a Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.

NASA’S Pandora mission has moved one step closer to exploring planets which have the potential for alien life. The team ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

On January 21, a rare celestial event will take place as six planets, namely Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ...

This month's planetary alignment sees Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus visible in the night sky all at once.

All these questions and more will be answered at Hands-on Astronomy, a free science event for astronomers young and old on ...