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

Saturn is below Venus and very low in the predawn sky. In late April it is five degrees above the horizon. You may need ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in an ever-expanding cosmos. This breakthrough led to the ...

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Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.

From the lunar landing to the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, here are some bold space missions in history.

NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...

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Also joining the RSE’s 2025 new fellows is David Field, chief executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which ...

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...