“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.

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Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

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 ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

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.

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

It is as wide as the wing span of a 747 and has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting the Earth when it arrives in 2032. David Moore of ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...