Greetings everyone! We have an unusual sky event this month to start off the new year. On Thursday, 29th of January, there will be a lunar occultation of El Nath, the second brightest star in Taurus ...

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event. When you purchase ...

"This is a tale of a failed galaxy." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have ...

See amazing imagery of the Carina Nebula as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist Amber Straughn explains. Credit: NASA How Donald Trump’s ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is currently positioned about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth at a gravitational sweet spot known as Lagrange Point 2 (L2). From this stable vantage, Webb can observe ...

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway stars. From its perch a million miles from Earth, Webb’s huge gold-coated ...

Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took a stunning image of the star cluster known as Westerlund 2, located in a stellar nursery called Gum 29 found within the Carina Nebula. The cluster ...

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a technosignature. Reading time 3 minutes From the moment astronomers discovered ...

Schmidt Science, a foundation founded by Eric Schmidt, co-founder and former CEO of Google, has announced a new observation system as one of the largest private investments in astronomy ever. The ...

Our picks of the best small telescopes are all under 10kg, making them perfect for traveling to dark sky sites or setting up on your balcony or backyard. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

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