Type Ia supernovae are triggered by white dwarfs—the fading cores of dead stars. These stellar corpses often steal matter ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said on Wednesday, capturing rare direct ...

A new observatory is coming on-line and, in its own way, is going to have an impact similar to what we are seeing with the James Webb Space Telescope.

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions ...

In addition to providing a trove of information about the early universe, the James Webb Space Telescope since its 2021 ...

James Webb Telescope captures its first direct exoplanet image—TWA 7b—boosting the hunt for habitable worlds beyond the Solar ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope, one of the largest telescopes ever built, is entering the final design phase and is expected to ...

The discovery of exoplanet TWA 7b marks a first for the James Webb Space Telescope, which until now had primarily been used ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's primary mirror is 8.4 meters in diameter, which makes it one of the largest optical ...

A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark ...