In addition to the TMT, proposed federal funding cuts threaten the world-class Keck and Gemini observatories, the solar ...

Astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide-angle photograph from December 1999, taken ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope offers sharper images, efficient light use, and the ability to find Earth-like planets.

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

Answer: The Cincinnati Observatory is known as ‘The Birthplace of American Astronomy’ because it is home to one of the oldest ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks ...

With 3.2 billion pixels and a decade-long search, the Rubin Observatory will reveal what’s been hiding in plain sight.

SEMO’s new Vollink Family Observatory opens in Cape Girardeau, offering students and the public hands-on access to astronomy ...

A powerful new optics system has captured the clearest view yet of the Sun’s corona, revealing stunning plasma structures.

The Conversation spoke to John De Fries, executive director of the Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, about the ...