This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

The Odysseus spacecraft made a rough landing on the moon last year, toppling over and rendering much of its equipment unusable, but an onboard NASA radio telescope called ROLSES-1  was able to make so ...

China has put forth a proposal to construct a large radio telescope array on the far side of the moon. For the last few years ...

What's on and in a star? What happens in an active galactic nucleus? Answering those questions is the goal of a proposed ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...

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A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful ...

The eclipse can be viewed with the naked eye, although telescopes and binoculars can enhance the viewing experience. A total lunar eclipse happens during a full Moon when the Earth is exactly ...

Scientists in China have proposed building a radio telescope array on the moon’s far side, which, if approved, could become the first operational lunar radio observatory. The array would consist ...