The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in May 2027 with a 288MP camera, will “unveil the cosmos to the edge of the observable universe” ...

Vishnu Reddy, the third and last child in his family, grew up in a remote village with spotty electricity and dark night skies. The nearest town was Chennai in India, where he was born in 1978. This ...

BRISTOL — Winter is an excellent time to view stars, planets and other celestial phenomena. Winter Astronomy is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 9 at Bonneyville Mill County Park’s Briar Patch Shelter, ...

The University of California, Santa Cruz’s Lick Observatory experienced extensive damage from high winds that tore off the north dome shutter from the 36-inch telescope.UCSC reported that the ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope ...

At the end of November, NASA’s next great telescope — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — officially finished construction. Teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland joined the inner ...

Day 12 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Barred Spiral. This galaxy, NGC 5335, is categorized as a flocculent spiral galaxy, displaying a striking barlike structure across its center. The ...

Scientists have discovered Alaknanda, a so-called "grand design" spiral galaxy, just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. Credit: NASA / CSA / ESA / Rashi Jain For decades, astronomers believed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A dramatic rise in the number of internet satellites ...

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, one of this year's most talked-about celestial visitors, is currently on its way out of the solar system and is expected to make a close pass by Earth. According to data ...