The challenge in the search for habitable worlds is clear. We need to be able to identify habitable worlds and distinguish ...

Astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide-angle photograph from December 1999, taken ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks ...

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope offers sharper images, efficient light use, and the ability to find Earth-like planets.

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a ...

The Blackrock Castle telescope gives astronomers and visitors alike a window on other worlds, exploring the possibility of ...

Technological advances do not leave the study of space exempt. Thanks to the possibilities offered by evolution, devices such as telescopes are improved as never before, and resear ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan, capturing the first evidence of ...

Invisible radiation leaking out of private satellites, like SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft, is disrupting radio astronomers' ...

Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.