ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has delivered amazing imagery of nearby stellar nurseries.

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star ...

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Astronomers have long speculated about an unseen planet lurking in the solar system's outer edge. This hypothetical world, ...

The first, Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), was founded in 1934 and is considered China’s first modern astronomical observatory. The name Tsuchinshan — traditionally used for comets ...

The space-based observatory, launched at the end of March, released its first set of images, in which a cloud of dust ...

After initial positioning by ground control, the satellite duo’s autonomous system of cameras, LEDs, and laser rangefinders ...

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TweakTown may also earn commissions from other affiliate partners at no extra cost to you. TL;DR: NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has ...

As the night sky became polluted with light from electrified cities, people built planetariums. Today, they’re more ...

Scientists working in the Coudé Lab at the Inouye Solar Telescope Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA/The National Solar Observatory (NSO) By capturing solar structures and activity in greater detail ...