The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) telescope has been imagined as a habitable planet hunter, but it could be so much ...

The primary mirror array will be 128 feet (39 meters) across, allowing it to gather more light and greater detail than any ...

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

The Lowell Discovery Telescope stands as one of the largest telescopes in the country, swiftly adapting via unique instrument ...

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

These particles are so ghostly that trillions of them pass through Earth each day without notice. So, how do we detect them?

Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for February's fantastic planetary parade. Want to focus your stargazing on our cosmic neighbors ...

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 ...

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...