A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Some chilly weather and a brief snow flurry didn’t freeze the excitement that came with Beacon Communities and Saratoga Springs Housing Authority officially breaking ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting ...

Brown says he couldn't have asked for a better telescope to hunt his celestial quarry. "If you were to hand me a big wad of cash and say, 'Go build a telescope to go either find this Planet 9 or ...

Travel easily with the best small telescopes for observing when going on location or sharing with friends and family: Spot the moon, stars, galaxies and more Whether you're a beginner stargazer or ...

Since the days of Galileo Galilei, astronomy was about the detection of electromagnetic signals with telescopes. As it turns out, the main constituents of the Universe are not observable in that way.

This method revealed key properties of the asteroid that would have been invisible to other telescopes. “We were able to observe YR4 in the infrared, seeing properties of the asteroid that would ...

Caldwell 99 is a dark nebula — a thick cloud of space dust so dense that it blocks all visible light from the stars and objects lying behind it. The star V830 Orionis illuminates the surrounding cloud ...

Questar III BOCES presented the 22nd Annual G. Lucius Cary Leadership Service Award to Muriel Faxon at its Annual Meeting on April 2. “Muriel Faxon’s life is a testament to the power of ...

This photo taken in December 2024 shows "Three Gorges Antarctic Eye," a 3.2-metre aperture radio/millimetre-wave telescope, at China's Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. [Photo/China Three Gorges ...

TROY, N.Y. — The City of Troy hired Chris Marini as the new City Engineer, Mayor Carmella Mantello announced in a press release on Monday. Marini brings a wealth of experience in municipal ...