“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...
Walking to the roof of Carnegie Science Hall to visit the college's observatory feels like being in a boat — the strange ...
Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...
At double the width of our Milky Way galaxy, this jet of radio waves is the biggest ever detected so early in the universe's ...
Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...
From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.
Making use of the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...
Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...
Featuring the world’s largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture these mysterious phenomena in more ...
Dark energy is still a mystery, but powerful new telescopes are set to uncover clues. With NASA and ESA leading the charge, ...