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NASA is about to launch a space observatory that could help settle some of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study how the universe began, what it ...

A half-century-old telescope headed for retirement that was given new life through state-of-the-art technology is being ...

NASA is preparing for a major period of space exploration as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope moves toward launch ...

A new simulation study suggests that the Antarctic 12-m Terahertz Telescope (ATT12), a next-generation facility led by ...

Astronomers have discovered the secrets of early galaxies that pumped the infant cosmos full of dust, but by studying a much ...

A giant planet had been hiding inside one of astronomy’s most closely studied planetary systems, concealed by a bright disk of cosmic dust. Webb revealed Beta Pictoris d through atmospheric traces of ...

A distant 'exomoon' the size of Jupiter is changing how we think about the cosmos.

Japanese camera manufacturer Nikon signed a partnership with Unistellar, to start producing consumer digital astronomical telescopes together. The consumer digital astronomical telescope market ...

Even the most powerful telescopes are in peril as orbits above Earth fill with thousands of new satellites. But scientists aren’t ready to give up the night sky. By Lyndie Chiou Lyndie Chiou ...

SPIE ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES + INSTRUMENTATION TO HIGHLIGHT LATEST ENGINEERING ADVANCEMENTS IN MAJOR TELESCOPE PROJECTS INCLUDING JWST The biennial meeting, held in person for the first time since ...

Of all the objects that you can view through a telescope, some of the most stunning to behold are the planets in our solar system, and the galaxies that lie far beyond it. But if you want to see more ...