The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

Aschbacher was asked during the briefing about the alliance of President-elect Donald Trump, SpaceX founder Elon Musk and ...

Sandhill cranes prefer to stay in freshwater habitats and are omnivorous in nature. They’re the most common of all the ...

Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.

Galileo Galilei's telescopic discovery of Jupiter's four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric ...

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He ...

Native Americans have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 600 years and remain permanent residents inside the national park. Packers and tourists are seen here riding into the canyon towards the ...

Researchers just found an unexpected galaxy using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... led by Rashi Jain at the National Center for Radio Astrophysics in India, wrote in the new study.

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our understanding of the universe.

The rocket could launch national security satellites for the ... Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016.