This might sound like an obvious thing for a professional stargazer to say. But astrophysicist Federica Bianco was reacting to something extraordinary — the first full-colour picture from a telescope ...

Now the most well-recognized and scientifically productive astronomical observatory in history, the Hubble Space Telescope first reached Earth orbit 35 years ago on April 24, 1990. A day later, as ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured evidence of a planet beyond the solar system for the first time since its launch in 2021. The exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been ...

A panoramic photo of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest filled-aperture and most sensitive radio telescope, is taken on Sept 25, 2024.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured its clearest images yet of 3I-Atlas, a high-speed interstellar comet visiting our solar system. Astronomers initially estimated its icy core at several miles ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), a major international project long slated for construction in Hawaii, might be getting a new home. In May, the administration of US President Donald Trump announced ...