A newly discovered exoplanet orbits a star smaller than our Sun, located roughly 110 light-years from Earth in the ...

The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of June 19, ...

Astronomers unveiled the first images of distant galaxies from an advanced telescope, opening a new era in space discovery.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged its first exoplanet — a young, Saturn-sized gas giant orbiting a star 110 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has achieved a historic milestone by capturing the first direct image of an exoplanet.

The world's largest digital camera and most powerful telescope released the first images it has captured in the best images ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The Rubin Observatory takes advantage of these conditions by aiming the largest digital camera on Earth at the night sky.