Astrophotography Prize The 2025 Astrophotography Prize winners have been announced, highlighting spectacular images of celestial objects and phenomena. The global contest is dedicated to education and ...

The most powerful telescope in history. The James Webb Space Telescope's "jewel-filled" photos are stunning. Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals ‘Not My Signature’: ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The 230-foot (70 meters) RT-70 radio telescope in Crimea was damaged by a Ukrainian drone in late ...

Ukrainian defense forces destroyed a giant radio telescope in Crimea, a powerful planetary transmitter once used to support deep space missions and METI—the attempt to message extraterrestrial ...

A famous comet visiting from outside our solar system known as 3I/ATLAS is blazing through our cosmic neighborhood, leaving a striking trail in its wake. A ground telescope in Chile recently glimpsed ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile late ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third observed interstellar object ever witnessed in Earth's solar system. The Gemini South telescope in Chile is the latest observatory to get a glimpse of the object as it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope peered into a young star cluster called Pismis 24, which is one of the closest clusters of new massive stars to Earth. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Alyssa Pagan ...

Telescopes like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope have given astronomers unprecedented access to the cosmos, but even these advanced imaging systems come with ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding star.

"We show that this design can, in principle, find half of all existing Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars within 30 light-years in less than three years." To resolve nearby Earth-like ...