Flying 492 feet apart, one satellite blocks the sun like the moon does during a natural total solar eclipse as the other aims ...

Chinese scientists' claims that their "Sky Eye" telescope could have picked up signals from intelligent aliens have been met with skepticism by an American colleague.

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...

Feast your eyes on six breathtaking images from NASA, showcasing the Carina Nebula and Westerlund 2 in their stellar, ...

Serpens the Serpent is unique among the constellations because it’s separated into two parts with Ophiuchus the ...

But you should never look directly at the sun, because it can lead to eye damage ... You need a solar telescope with a built-in or attachable filter, one that meets the ISO 12312-2 safety standard.

Breathtaking stellar nurseries, a sprawling stretch of cosmos teeming with millions of galaxies, and thousands of newly ...

An overview of the unique characteristics of the four prominent telescopes Hubble, James Webb, Euclid and Vera C. Rubin, which observe the universe from different perspectives. The article also ...

The Rubin team in central Chile is operating with cooperation from a vast global network with major centers in France, the U.K., Stanford University and Tucson, Arizona. (fix coming with names of ...

Venus and the Moon lie 5° apart in the predawn sky, offering a lovely naked-eye spectacle for early risers. The Moon passes ...

Astronomical images not only look beautiful, they also provide a wealth of information. What's behind it and what ...

A pair of European satellites, named Occulter and Coronagraph, have created an artificial total solar eclipse in space by ...