More than 100 years ago, astronomer George Ellery Hale brought two Pasadena institutions together to build what was then the ...
Even the most advanced technology can break down from time to time. When that happens in space, it can be a complicated ...
Without a breakthrough in scalable technologies for large telescopes, future advances in astrophysics may slow down.
Figuring out how planets form, how galaxies evolve and how the universe began is on the “to-do” list for the TAO telescope 18 ...
The future of space-based UV/optical/IR astronomy requires ever larger telescopes. The highest priority astrophysics targets, ...
Each year, thousands of tourists visit the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea. Now a North Korean ...
The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most iconic spectacles in astronomy, having been imaged and photographed from a myriad of ...
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of the exoplanet WASP-43b reveal that the hot gas giant is tidally locked, ...
Asteroid hunters have identified 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids using cutting-edge tech that could potentially stave ...
Flaring stars, black hole outbursts and gamma-rays are just some of the cosmic exotica that Einstein Probe will hunt for.
On Monday (April 29), NASA restored the Hubble Space Telescope to full operation, returning it to its scientific activities ...
The night sky from a national park is spectacularly dark. More stars are visible than you can imagine, and the Milky Way ...