The TMT project is back under consideration for federal support, but it must complete a final design phase without taxpayer ...

Webb captured the object in infrared — light wavelengths that are invisible to human eyes but can pierce through thick dust.

That means if aliens were to exist, and they were located some 66 million light-years from Earth, they’d theoretically still ...

Deep inside a dust-choked galaxy, astronomers have uncovered a chemical environment far more complex than expected.

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

Credit: Courtesy The Westmont Observatory opens to the public for a rare lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3. This will be the ...

Whether bird-watching, star-gazing, or just getting a better view of your favorite player, a hi-def telescope can be an invaluable tool.

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed new views of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus into immersive soundscapes, turning planetary data into audio you can hear.

If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.

Now the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a new look at PMR-1 with both its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its ...

A couple of public hearings scheduled this week are seeking public comments on the U.S. Air Force’s controversial plan to build seven more telescopes on Haleakala. The first meeting focused on a draft ...