New observations with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile reveal the earliest-ever "baby pictures" of our universe, ...

The four laser beams excite sodium atoms in the atmosphere to make for better cosmic observations. The post Incredible photos ...

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Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead star in Cassiopeia.

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Viewers stayed up to the wee hours to catch a moment of astronomical majesty Friday morning, and they shared their photos of ...

A deep dive into the star-forming Flame Nebula by the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed free-floating, Jupiter-size objects that could help answer that key question in astronomy.

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University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy photo An asteroid discovered by the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS1 telescope atop Haleakala on Monday, which has “a tiny probability of hitting ...