When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and ...

Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their next giant telescope. They're already drafting blueprints and making proposals ...

In the summer, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is due to start work in the summer, with the world's largest digital camera at ...

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...

In recent years, with the arrival of new instruments on giant telescopes, we've been able to directly measure the wind speed of certain exoplanets, including WASP-121b. Our measurements reveal the ...

Systems like that were very useful for measuring the radio brightness and positions in the sky of cosmic radio sources, but were less useful for imaging. Basically, those radio telescopes were ...

An international team of scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to uncover surprising details about the ...

NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.

Giant mirror: Webb's mirror, which captures light, is over 21 feet across. That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror, meaning Webb has six times the light ...

Astronomers are sounding the alarm about the impact of a planned renewable energy plant in Chile’s Atacama desert. The area is home to some of the most-advanced observatories on Earth because of the ...