The Gemini South telescope in Chile has been used by astronomers to detect a planet being devoured by its dying host star, a process similar to the fate of Earth billions of years from now. Credits: ...

Near-infrared images, captured by the Gemini South telescope in Chile, reveal planetary leftovers around other stars. Each disk of icy, rocky debris surrounds a young star (blocked out here).

Travel 60 million light-years away into the constellation Virgo to catch a glimpse of interacting galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to release its first images from the world’s newest and most powerful survey telescope, ...

Landman studied telescope design and ultimately learned how to build them from scratch. Now, he enjoys sharing that lifelong passion with his 15-year-old daughter Leané.

James Webb telescope, technically advanced than Hubble telescope, has released new pictures of the colossal galaxy cluster Abell S1063, a gigantic collection of galaxies lying 4.5 billion light ...

CAPE TOWN: Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink will protect their groundbreaking ...

On July 12, NASA will unveil the first photos taken by the Webb Space Telescope, including the "deepest" photos ever taken of space. We got a behind-the-scenes look at mission control.

BEIJING: Chinese astronomers and their international peers have refreshed the limits for Galactic observation using China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) and South Afric ...

China has completed its first overseas new-generation radio telescope in northern Thailand, bolstering a global scientific network that monitors deep space signals and tracks subtle shifts in the ...

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Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs of Renty Taylor and his daughter Delia. The photos were believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people and will be given to a ...