An LSU-led team would like to use a high-flying Antarctic balloon-borne infrared telescope to detect the chemical makeup of ...

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Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in mind when buying a telescope. Here are some tips and features to consider ...

Expected to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA's SPHEREx space ...

Astronomers warn that proposed changes to the space observatory's operational budget could decrease the amount of ...

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and ...

January's new moon means less lunar glare, so make the most of the darker skies with our expertly researched guide to the best telescopes for seeing planets. January 29's new moon, when the moon ...

The former model is great for correcting issues such as the "coma" distortion effect and the ... aperture that allows you to see deeper into space. Refractor telescopes are intuitive to use ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured this striking image of an unusual galaxy with a bullseye structure, as nine rings ...

Capturing images of individual stars in distant galaxies has generally been considered impossible for decades. But NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was recently able to do so with the help of gravity ...

That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror. Capturing more light allows Webb to see more distant, ancient objects. The telescope is peering at stars and ...

A small blue dwarf galaxy passed through the massive Bullseye galaxy. This impact created nine rings of new stars.