This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...

The Library of Congress traces the tradition of April Fools' pranks back to the Roman festival of Hilaria, celebrated the day ...

"Light pollution from projects like INNA doesn't just hinder research, it steals our shared view of the universe." ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...

These particles are so ghostly that trillions of them pass through Earth each day without notice. So, how do we detect them?

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...

A striking new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a rare object called an Einstein ring. This shows what appears to be a ring-shaped object in the sky, but is actually created by two ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...