Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

The team used the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.

A 500-year-old compass recently unearthed in Frombork, Poland could provide crucial insights into the scientific practices of ...

The first images from the telescope were released earlier this week, and it uses a 3,200-megapixel camera the size of a car.

Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking ...

A powerful new telescope in Chile is set to transform astronomy, and its first pictures of stellar nurseries and galaxies have just been unveiled ...

The U.S.-funded Rubin Observatory will chart the entire southern cosmos over the next decade.

In the vast, dark expanse of the universe, there lies a mystery about the first stars—massive, luminous celestial bodies that ...