A successful builder by day and traversing the sky by night, Isaac Roberts took the first clear photograph of Andromeda, the closest galaxy to our Milky Way. Mr Roberts, born in 1829 and the son of a ...

Banquets, candlelight, turrets, and princesses — castles are the epitome of romance and fairytales. But they can also mean draughty rooms, leaky roofs, inadequate heating, and endless costly ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

From 1985 to 2014, Jean Mueller supported astronomers from around the world who came to Palomar to use its iconic instruments ...

Vaonis has just released a limited-edition run of their Vespera II smart telescopes with a stylish clear housing and a ...

Scientists have long been aware of the massive elliptical galaxy, M87. The galaxy was first observed in the late 18th century ...

While I enjoy stargazing as much as the next person, I also love to know how things work – to get under the hood. French ...

Observing 3I/ATLAS in this active phase will give some of the clearest insights yet into the mystery of interstellar comets.

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. This image provided by NASA on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, shows a scene of ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University has predicted, for the first time, the groundbreaking results that can be obtained from ...

Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency said in a news release. The exoplanet, known as TRAPPIST-1 e, orbits ...