Astronomers have flagged a distant stellar object so extreme that, on paper, it should not exist. Its mass, brightness and ...

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This makes it appear correspondingly smaller through a telescope—infinitesimally smaller, in fact, appearing as only a point ...

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

Are you prepared for the next total solar eclipse? Now less than a year away, on August 12, 2026, a path of totality will ...

The universe doesn’t revolve around Kitt Peak, but the observatory southwest of Tucson is at the center of what could be the biggest breakthrough in the study of the cosmos in decades. Using an ...

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The French soccer federation says a cyber-attack has led to the theft of member data. It says the software used by clubs for managing registered members was targeted. They haven't ...

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Optical telescopes utilize refraction and reflection to focus light, enabling detailed astronomical observations and ...

The European Space Agency launched the James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day 2021 from its facility in French Guiana. A collaboration ...

DwarfLab has revealed the smallest smart telescope to date – and significanly lighter and more portable than its existing ...