How space telescopes capture distant galaxies using infrared imaging, precision optics, and astronomy technology beyond Earth ...

Views of a massive galaxy cluster Abell 2256 have been captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton and ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

This newly discovered comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS), a rare Kreutz sungrazer, could blaze brightly in early April — or it could ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and ...

Researchers from Auburn University have discovered hydroxyl gas coming from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a clear chemical sign of water. The Swift Observatory also detected a faint ultraviolet ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

India is set to establish two new telescopes and upgrade an existing one in Ladakh, marking a significant advancement for observational astronomy.

India's budget boosts space research funding, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign telescopes and enhance domestic capabilities.

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...

Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...