Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

Start exploring the night sky with our top picks for beginner-friendly telescopes. Tested for clarity, ease of use and build quality, these are our favorite models to learn astronomy.

The telescope’s unusual design, which allows the large instrument to swivel nimbly, makes all of this possible. At full tilt, the 300-ton structure can revolve all the way around in about ... also ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in a long time. For Big Picture enthusiasts like myself, such an ...

Formed around a distant star elsewhere in the Milky Way, it is an interstellar wanderer, not a merely interplanetary one.

Tests by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration have yielded the highest-resolution observations ever obtained from Earth, laying an exciting foundation for future observations of black holes ...

The Roman – sorry, the optical telescope assembly – was parked in a corner of the Clean Room, unattended, looking a little bit ignored even, as workers attended to other hardware across the ...

The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance that our moon may be in trouble. The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, observing a steady ...