New research details the detection of a rare, high-energy cosmic ray by Utah’s Telescope Array, shedding light on the mysteries of cosmic ray origins and behavior. Illustration: Telescope Array ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory features the largest astronomical camera ever built, a 7,000-pound, 3,200-megapixel digital camera capable of taking detailed snapshots of large patches of the night ...

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A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star.

NASA's budget proposal would basically axe the most powerful X-ray telescope in the world, and astronomers are scrambling to save it.

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NASA is facing a tight budget and wants to wrap up the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but astronomers don't want to see the 25-year-old X-ray space telescope mission go.

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The Xinglong 2.16-m reflector is the first 2-m class astronomical telescope in China. It was jointly designed and built by the Nanjing Astronomical Instruments Factory (NAIF), Beijing Astronomical ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star.

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star.