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

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck are working intensively on preparations for the Euclid mission of the European ...

Planets don't get much more iconic than Saturn. But if you managed to see it through a backyard telescope right now, you wouldn't see its rings.

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 ...

Satellites serve many purposes while they orbit above the Earth, but as they do so, how fast do they actually move? The ...

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

Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...

A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...

Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...

With the promise of revolutionizing our view of nearby star systems, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is poised to do ...

"It's time we all realize that we are crew members on this spaceship called Earth and start to think about our role and ...

The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery ...