What happens when two rare ring galaxies collide? They form an infinity symbol—or the face of a cosmic owl, depending on how ...

Using two powerful telescopes — the James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck II telescope in Hawaii — astronomers watched clouds emerge and then climb higher in the sky over Titan, which is ...

Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and the ground-based Keck II telescope in Hawaii, researchers said they were able to discern cloud formations over bodies of methane and ethane ...

Many people have heard of the Keck Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, but few realize just how many powerful telescopes we have in the world, and in space. Because the objects they study ...

After years of searching, Yale University astronomers have discovered a window into the early, violent formation of the nuclei of the Universe's monster galaxies. After spotting a potential candidate ...

The Little Cub was initially identified as a potentially pristine dwarf galaxy in data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Follow-up observations were conducted using the 3-meter Shane Telescope ...

Other planets in our solar system sport aurorae; Webb imaged luminous aurorae on Jupiter’s poles in 2022, and astronomers using the Keck II Telescope’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSPEC ...

“When we processed the observations using the Keck II telescope in real time to carefully remove the glare of the star, the planet immediately popped out and became increasingly apparent the ...

A new instrument called the Keck Planet Finder could help astronomers identify Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars.

How the James Webb, Hubble, and 15 of the largest telescopes are searching for aliens and revealing secrets about black holes and life itself ...