A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

NASA released six stunning images from the Hubble Telescope showcasing interacting galaxies, including the chaotic beauty of ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Workers in Chile are making progress on the Extremely Large Telescope, planned as one of the most capable astronomical ...

The giant jet flips the script on the origins of these structures, which were once thought to be linked only to extremely ...

Paranal’s facilities, however, should soon be outclassed by ESO’s under-construction $1.5-billion Extremely Large Telescope, or ELT, which boasts a light-gathering primary mirror nearly 40 ...

NASA prepares to launch SPHEREx, a groundbreaking telescope surpassing James Webb's capabilities in certain aspects. With a ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

NASA's SPHEREx mission, set to launch in February 2025, will utilize an advanced infrared telescope to map the entire sky in ...

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...