Most Planets Have No Known Date of First Observation . Before we begin, I want you to imagine a clear night sky you've ...

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, and the team behind it claim that it will have the ability to measure in detail the chemical composition ...

You can see a perfect replica of the telescope at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy 19 ... and rightly claimed 'I have looked further into space than any human being did before me.' ...

Jonathon Amos follows the engineers and astronomers who are working on the biggest telescope ever sent to space, in one of the most important missions in the history of European spaceflight ...

The recent Herschel observations have shown that the dramatic demise ... colourful appearance in visible images – such as those taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The new data shows that ...

This is the interstellar object 'Oumuamua (circled) as seen by the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope on La Palma. Background stars and galaxies appear as streaks due to the telescope following ...