Object Details Summary This is a small brass refracting telescope that had been used as a "finder" telescope mounted parallel to the tube of a Springfield Newtonian. The Springfield style of Newtonian ...

The bright morning star Venus crosses from Aries into Taurus, closing in on Uranus for a conjunction later this week.

Wausau Pilot & Review WAUSAU — Skywatchers in central Wisconsin can expect a stunning week ahead, with planetary pairings, moon phases and celestial close encounters unfolding each night. Highlights ...

Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

U.S. President Joe Biden previews the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the highest-resolution image of the infrared universe in history, Monday, July 11, 2022, in the ...

View the First Quarter Moon, Venus points the way to Uranus, and Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the sky this week.

While the new study marks the first time the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new exoplanet through direct imaging, the observatory confirmed an earlier discovery of a potential ...

Take a tour of the amazing Ring Nebula image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration/JWST Ring Nebula Imaging Project ...

The James Webb telescope has captured some seriously cool direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. This is the telescope's first exoplanet discovery.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, TWA 7b, which is also the lightest exoplanet ever to be directly imaged.

Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected.