A long-delayed project to build the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been given new life, as Spain has offered new funding and a new location on the island of ...

Hidden treasures often lurk in the most unexpected corners of our map, and Cave Lake State Park near Ely, Nevada stands as living proof that sometimes the best discoveries happen when you venture ...

Want to capture the cosmos without the effort? The ZWO Seestar S50 is excellent for beginners and astrophotographers alike, ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

A new estimate suggests that the search for alien life may reach a breakthrough in just over two thousand days. Scientists base the prediction on upcoming telescope missions set to analyze the ...

A half-lit Moon aligned with the constellation Aquarius and a bright Saturn stole the spotlighton November 27. The scene ...

Two millenniums before blastoff, astronomy belonged as much to the realms of art, philosophy and religion as it did to what ...