"telescopes"

Proposed satellite constellations from SpaceX and others are so large and bright they would change the night sky as we know it, a new scient...

Giant asteroid 1997 NC1, possibly up to a mile wide, will safely pass Earth this weekend, with live online streams on Friday, June 26 and Sa...

In 1,000 days, on April 13, 2029, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest flybys of a large asteroid ever predicted wit...

Americans will miss totality on Aug. 12, but a partial eclipse in the northeastern U.S. and Alaska, plus the peak of Perseid meteors, make i...

The ESA shares the most detailed image of the Milky Way's galactic bulge in visible light. "Every point of light matters scientifically," on...

The new space telescope will work in tandem with the Hubble Space Telescope to uncover more secrets of the universe.

For now, a single satellite has been cleared for a test demonstration, but the company making it hopes to eventually launch 50,000 of them i...

The meteor shower starts in mid-July, but its magnificent peak is in mid-August.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist features eclipses, nebulae, aurorae and Milky Way images ahead of the September winners an...

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury are creating a dazzling display after sunset, with Venus and Jupiter moving toward a striking conjunction early n...

Is a star about to explode in the night sky? If predictions come true, T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) could become visible for a few days or wee...

A new study reanalyzing 14 years of Hubble data weakens evidence for water vapor plumes on Europa, though scientists say the possibility rem...