Less than a decade ago, there were about 2,000 operational satellites orbiting Earth. Today there are more than 15,000.

A tiny glass chip developed by researchers at Heriot-Watt University has linked two telescopes together to enable them to act ...

Neutrinos are funny little particles that weigh almost nothing, making them one of the universe's most elusive building ...

For a century, amateur telescope makers have gathered at the Stellafane convention to celebrate their craft. Will the event ...

What makes neutrinos odd is that they don’t interact with the universe through electromagnetism. Instead, they interact with the universe via a force that physicists call the we ...

While telescopes can be fitted with devices called coronagraphs that block out much of a star’s light, there are limits to ...

One of NASA’s premier space telescopes has plunged to Earth, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe’s biggest ...

Looking at the images NASA just published from its Hubble and James Webb Space telescopes, you'd think part of the Carina ...

A team of astrophysicists from Northwestern University has developed a new method to cut through the bright glare of ...

An exhilarating period for science,’ say UChicago scientists who played key role in telescope design and deployment ...

By rebuilding the telescope's optics in software and subtracting the starlight it predicts, a Northwestern-led team pulled ...