Scientists have long observed black holes existing as part of binary systems, where a black hole pairs with a nearby object ...

Hubble launched to space on April 24, 1990, aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Since then, the space telescope has captured ...

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...

Stargazers had high hopes for 2024, in part due to the long-awaited total solar eclipse across the United States in April, but the cosmos had a few surprises in store. About one month after the ...

Every year we are asked to collate our strongest images for the year. The biggest visual stories for us were the hurricanes ...

Bluffton resident Bill Gwynne, a serious amateur astronomer, spent 2 months in Namibia running stargazing programs, helping ...

In addition to livestacking, there are now “smart telescopes” available that will take and process images of the night sky as ...

Mars Express spotted this scene using its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) during its 23,324th orbit of the Red Planet. This image taken in June 2022 shows the land slowly acclimating to the ...

Astronomers have made a startling discovery. Using data from the eRosita X-ray instrument, researchers say they’ve discovered ...

The annual three-day Mystery Hunt returns to campus January 17. Here’s how last year’s puzzle marathon played out.

With the James Webb Space Telescope and updated processing techniques, researchers have detected asteroids just tens of ...

From mass fluctuations, to Little Red Dots, to new galaxies captured by the James Webb telescope—astronomy has learned a lot ...