Telescopes bring far away objects closer for us to see. These treasured instruments have been used in astronomy for centuries by astronomers, professional and amateur, to study, understand and revel ...

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The four beams produced bright artificial “stars," which act as guides to help astronomers correct for the distortions caused ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

On April 10, 2024, astronomers began the fast-paced mission to capture supernova SN 2024ggi. Study coauthor Yi Yang of Tsinghua University in China initially learned about its sighting shortly after ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), which is Africa's largest optical telescope and one of the most powerful in the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary of astronomical achievements and ...

Last week, four lasers were projected into the skies above the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile.

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

Construction on the Thirty Meter Telescope stalled at a different site on Mauna Kea in 2019 amid protests. Opponents said the ...