It was put on Webb to diagnose and measure any blur in its images. Even nanometres of distortion in Webb’s 18 hexagonal ...

WISPIT 2b was first detected using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Spectro-Polarimetric ...

His first serious camera was the iconic Olympus OM10, with which he won the title of Young Photographer of the Year - long ...

Astrophotographer Brennan Gilmore has captured spectacular views of the solar wind stripping a vast section from C/2025 A6 ...

After applying the correction, Webb captured sharper images of the star HD 206893, revealing a faint planet and a ...

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the ...

Though it won't become any brighter, Comet SWAN will reach its closest point to Earth on Oct. 20, coming within 24 million ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes "have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space," according to NASA. Credit: ...

EU researchers are developing powerful new telescopes to help uncover Earth-like planets around distant stars and advance the search for extraterrestrial life.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a star-studded nebula scene that conjures the image of a colossal baboon raging in ...

A Congressional hearing recently looked at a mysterious orb that a U.S. military missile seemed to bounce off in midair.