Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...

Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have observed the most distant and ...

Scientists have discovered the largest organic molecule containing sulfur — a key ingredient for life — ever identified in interstellar space. The researchers call<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" M ...

There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so for a long time.

The solar system's two largest planets adorn the evening sky this month, while the smaller inner planets linger near the Sun and remain mostly out of sight. You'll want to make Saturn your first ...

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

Scientists analyzed more than 100 million image cutouts from a Hubble Space Telescope archive and found hundreds of ...

Are you ready to see more stars than ever before? You’re in luck, the world’s largest accessible dark sky preserve is located ...

For years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all ...