Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

"The operations work at STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA contractors is funded by the operational ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...

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

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, one of the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the ...

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, one of the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the nickname ...

The legacy of Arecibo's nearly 60 years of astronomy research is strong, even after its loss in a dramatic 2020 collapse. Arecibo Observatory, located in Puerto Rico, was the world's second ...

For most events, you do not need a telescope or binoculars. Here are some of the highlights. March and September: eclipses of the Moon During the early morning of Monday 8 September, the full Moon ...

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

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead. By Michael Roston and Katrina Miller Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024 ...