Giant ground-based reflector telescopes do much of astronomy's heavy lifting, although the U.S.'s largest in Hawaii is not ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...

Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it’s been revealing more about the universe than even most ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous -- and highly debated -- results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predicted by ...

Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

But researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

On this week's episode: ancient human ancestors didn't eat meat, carbon caught in a cosmic conveyer belt, robotic bees pollinating crops, and the incredibly rare marsupial mole gets a checkup.

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...