The nature and evolution of stars, galaxies, galaxy clusters, dark matter and dark energy—and our attempts to understand these things—allow us to pose the ultimate questions and reach for the ultimate ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

Overcoming Doubts: Petrowski was working at the Honua Ola power plant in Pepe‘ekeo on Hawai‘i Island while his wife, Carolyn, ...

The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in ...

Royal Mail has released images of 10 stamps being issued to celebrate the Royal Observatory’s foundation in 1675. Featured on ...

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...

The telescopes at Lick may be vintage, but scientists at the observatory continue to discover new planets and examine ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have been used to study a cluster of stars, nicknamed “Nikhuli," that may be acting as a black hole "delivery system." Credit: NASA/CXC/A. H ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

The 30th anniversary of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich will be marked with a set of six stamps relating to ...