The Sh2-46 nebula has been captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The nebula is ...

A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of ...

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and felt a surge of awe, as if the universe itself was whispering secrets just for .

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While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in orbit, the first images by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory revealed ...

The £77m makeover is due to complete in 2028. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has unveiled plans for a £77m renovation, due to complete in 2028. The 'First Light' project (named after the ...

The view of the Milky Way lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

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No one appreciates the nighttime quite like the staff at the Branched Oak Observatory, so they’re using sundown Sunday to extend that appreciation onto first responders.

This week, the Vera C Rubin Observatory unveiled first images from the telescope he envisioned. Unprecedented in so many ways, expect many discoveries to come from this unique machine.