Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new rogue planet that was orphaned from its home planetary ...

The US government isn't giving any money, so the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii is about to shut down. Now Spain's offering ...

Some observatories that used to be dark and remote are now adjacent to bright urban centers. And sending all telescopes into ...

Gutting the National Science Foundation’s budget would prevent the agency from breaking ground on the Thirty Meter Telescope ...

The spiral galaxy M83 is captured face-on, providing a clear view of its full structure. Chandra's X-ray data reveals ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...

Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could ...

Scientists report that emissions from Elon Musk’s Starlink network now appear in nearly 30% of certain telescope images, risking the ability to study the early universe.

Spain has proposed allocating 400 million euros to bring to La Palma in the Canary Islands what would become the largest and ...

The Subaru Telescope has revealed a fourth member of the sednoids, a group of small bodies with peculiar orbits around the ...

The largest telescope in the world is called the Gran Telescopio Canarias. It's the biggest optical telescope in the world (radio telescopes can be bigger) and is larger than most houses.

Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA), a six-telescope interferometer, excels at ...