Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the most distant “jellyfish galaxy” ever seen — a cosmic oddity ...

The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first image as it begins its journey to help track nearby stars ...

Space rarely gives up its secrets easily. For instance, what looks like a single ...

A galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter, an elusive form of matter that doesn’t interact with light, was spotted by ...

To capture higher-definition and sharper images of cosmological objects, astronomers sometimes combine the data collected by several telescopes. This approach, known as long-baseline interferometry, ...

The TMT project is back under consideration for federal support, but it must complete a final design phase without taxpayer ...

Deep inside a dust-choked galaxy, astronomers have uncovered a chemical environment far more complex than expected.

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How did the construction of the Subaru Telescope transform Japanese astronomy? A new study provides a quantitative answer by ...

Buying a telescope is a big step, especially if you’re not sure what all those terms — f/ratio, magnification, go-to — mean. So, to eliminate confusion and make sure you understand what you’re buying, ...