Here’s what deep-space objects are, what optics you’ll need to see them and how to plan your observing. When you purchase ...

Founded in 1926, the Los Angeles Astronomical Society marked its centennial with a celebration at Griffith Observatory on ...

Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae—clouds of ...

Long before a molecule gets announced in space, researchers spend months or years figuring out what they should be looking ...

As the telescopes revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos and our place within it, the stunning images that many of us ...

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NASA unveiled a new telescope on Tuesday to scan vast swaths of the universe for planets outside our solar system and probe ...

Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon to see and hear the universe more clearly. Lunar telescopes could be even stronger than the James Webb Space Telescope. They may have to compete ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be unveiled as the agency prepares to launch the observatory into the cosmos ...

Aparna Zalani is an award-winning CBS News journalist with over 25 years in journalism. She has reported on major stories at MSNBC and CBS Texas. She began her career in India and now lives near ...

A distant Jupiter-like planet has revealed an unexpected secret: water-ice clouds hiding in its atmosphere. The discovery, made with JWST, shows these alien worlds are more complex than scientists ...

Gemini South on the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile (left) and Gemini North on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai’i (right). Gemini / NSF / AURA Hackers have launched an apparent cyberattack on the ...