The observatory at the institute building is located in the dome of the Viktor-Franz-Hess-Building, which was already built in February 1986. In 1992 we started the planning work and the telescope ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a ...

A picturesque galaxy 40 million light-years away, NGC 5530 dazzles with its patchy spiral arms in the constellation Lupus.

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...

Another stunning image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a plume of warm dust and gas formed by jets from a baby star.

Scientists have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Astronomers from two separate research teams made the ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known ...

One of Republican Patrick Morrisey’s first moves as West Virginia governor was to issue an executive order allowing families ...

It's just gone 1pm in London, 3pm in Kyiv and 4pm in Moscow and Riyadh. If you're just joining us, here's what you need to know: US and Russian officials have been meeting in Saudi Arabia today to ...