The ELT is on its way to becoming the largest optical telescope in the world, and as it rises beneath some of the clearest ...

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

On May 9, 2025, a stadium-sized asteroid will make a close pass by Earth. This close flyby of asteroid 2002 JX8 has been ...

In Chile's Atacama Desert, a new wonder is slowly emerging — the European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope ...

The farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of the year rises this weekend — and you can watch it live online ... The Virtual Telescope Project will provide a view of the micromoon using ...

Space Telescope Science Institute sent out a tweet, announcing the observation of the 12th (and last) quasar on our Hubble Cycle 30 program. Charles Danforth (CU/Maxar)and Rongmon Bordoloi (NCSU) are ...

The Virtual Telescope Project plans to stream the event live on YouTube. An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, can see the sun in unprecedented detail. Here is the first image from its newly-activated camera.

We asked award-winning astrophotographer, Josh Dury, for tips on selecting the best telescopes, and he told Live Science "The general rule of thumb is to use a telescope with a larger diameter for ...

During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...

A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light on its fiery complexity.