A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

Edwin Hubble (November 20, 1889-September 28, 1953,) was an American astronomer who helped to establish the field of ...

Celestron FirstScope 76: Very affordable and ideal for kids or as a quick backyard scope. Despite the small size, you can easily catch the craters of the moon and even glimpse Jupiter’s moons.

The installation of the main reflector for the antenna system of the 40-meter-aperture radio telescope completes in Shigatse, Xizang autonomous region, Oct 7, 2024. [Photo/CCTV News] The main ...

Advances in space-based applications have helped India strengthen its food security, communications, navigation and overall ...

A dazzling new Hubble image peels back the layers of the mysterious Egg Nebula, a rare and fleeting phase in a Sun-like star’s death just 1,000 light-years away. Hidden inside a dense cocoon of dust, ...

We may be less than two weeks into 2026, but a new comet is already leading the charge to become the "Great Comet" of the year. The highly anticipated ice ball, which could potentially be seen with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That's between the orbits of Mercury and Venus, or between 29 million and 67 million miles (47 million to 108 million kilometers), ...

Optical telescopes are essential tools in astronomy, built to collect and focus light from distant celestial objects. By capturing and concentrating photons onto a detector, these instruments allow ...