Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb ...

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

The Sun would be a far more powerful telescope than any humanity could create in the near future. But to use it, we need to get to 650 AU.

The growing number of satellites overhead may soon obscure photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and other orbiting observatories. New research finds that passing satellites could leave streaks ...

Do habitable exoplanets exist that possess life as we know it? Scientists have pondered this longstanding question ever since the first exoplanet was confirmed in the mid-1990s, and this will be the ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Celestron, Earth's number one telescope brand, today announced the launch of the Lumina Program, a buy-one, give-one ...

ESA's Euclid space telescope has been providing valuable data from the depths of space for almost two years. With its help, the largest and most accurate 3D map of the universe to date is to be ...

The caution comes as Ramadan moon sighting date coincides with a solar eclipse earlier in the day, significantly increasing risks associated with optical observation.