In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

Galileo started this quest over 400 years ago, and scientists finally were able to peek at one of the biggest mysteries of ...

The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...

And, scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have detected what they like to call a ...

Astronomers have witnessed a planet causing eruptions on its parent star. The discovery, published in Nature, could reshape ...

Standing in front of a giant projected bar graph, he solemnly explained the possible fate of the world's most powerful eye on ...

The KAO came into the world as a replacement for the Convair 990 called the Galileo Observatory, which was destroyed in 1973 as a result of a mid-air collision. It was put together using the same ...

Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

What does Italy have that New Jersey doesn't? Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos could have married here — for less!

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office's News & Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical ...