HWO will be the first space telescope built to find potentially habitable planets and analyze their atmospheres for signs of ...

The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition. During the month of June, 25 students who were selected from among 120 ...

It's an Art Moderne astronomical observatory from the 1930s — a little rusty but almost completely intact. A valuable collection of vintage scientific equipment, including telescopes ...

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first time — and while the view may not be impressive to some, its scientist parents are thrilled. The Vera C.

The blaze threatened the observatory and communications infrastructure at the peak. Later, an observatory official said it appeared to be under control. By Alexandra E. Petri The Eaton fire ...

"We have begun processing most near-real-time [Solar Dynamics Observatory] data products," JSOC team members at Stanford — short for Joint Science Operations Center — which is spearheading ...

Illustration of the European Space Agency's Gaia space observatory mapping the Milky Way. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab; background: ESO/S. Brunier Since its launch in 2013 and positioning at the Lagrange ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory in California appear to be unscathed by the Eaton fire burning through Pasadena and Altadena — for now.

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.