A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data from multiple surveys to compile one of the largest ...

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten the sky by up to 10 percent around the observatory.

Giant ground-based reflector telescopes do much of astronomy's heavy lifting, although the U.S.'s largest in Hawaii is not ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

Since the middle of the month, four of the five brightest planets in the night sky have been visible after sunset and will ...

Leo P, a tiny galaxy, stopped making stars after the universe’s reionization. Unlike most galaxies, it restarted billions of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is much larger than the Hubble and instead of orbiting the Earth, operates from a stationary ...

Illinois stargazers have the chance to see a "planet parade" this January, with four bright planets to be visible in a single line of sight. There also are three chances to see a supermoon later this ...

NASA’S Pandora mission has moved one step closer to exploring planets which have the potential for alien life. The team ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the naked eye in January and for part of February. Uranus and Neptune can only ...

Get ready for lift off when the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts Astronomy Days, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1-2, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Go on a celestial ...