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

Astronomers have captured the most detailed infrared images yet of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), using the Large ...

Want to make the most of January's cosmic events, from Mars at opposition to the planetary parade? We've rounded up the best telescopes for all budgets and experience levels. The night sky can be ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to ...

The most powerful telescope ever put into space has made a historic discovery. The most powerful telescope to be launched ...

Shifting air pockets in the atmosphere block and distort light, limiting the view from even the most powerful Earth-bound instruments. Orbital telescopes function as eyes in the sky that allow ...

On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space. It took 30 ...

As with our home galaxy, the Milky Way ... jets of gas colliding together at near light speed. The Webb telescope, the most ...

Catching those photons, or light particles, meant going into space, because Earth's atmosphere blocks most infrared. Lyman Spitzer, the American astrophysicist for whom the telescope is named ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest and most powerful space telescope that humanity has ever created, enabling scientists to gaze further into the universe than ever before.

"When a really good detection comes along, it's all hands on deck to make the most of it," Prof ... view of the sky, the telescope is situated on a mountain peak, home to a dozen instruments ...