The construction of the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is making significant strides in the remote ...

Chile is constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the world's largest optical and near-infrared telescope, atop ...

The discovery of gravitational waves by the LIGO/VIRGO collaboration in 2015 confirmed a century-old prediction of Einstein ...

Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with ...

At around £419 / US$399 / AU$699, it’s the most affordable smart telescope yet, undercutting the similarly sized Dwarflab ...

This particular telescope is under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the darkest places on Earth ...

SETI combines cutting-edge radio astronomy, data science, and planetary research in a global effort to detect signs of ...

The ELT is on its way to becoming the largest optical telescope in the world, and as it rises beneath some of the clearest ...

Astronomers have long speculated about an unseen planet lurking in the solar system's outer edge. This hypothetical world, dubbed Planet Nine, could explain the unusual clustering ...

The world's biggest solar telescope has captured the stunning details of the Sun's surface, showing sunspots and intense magnetic activity. The newly released image comes as the Sun moves towards ...