When Pagan and DePasquale first receive the images, they appear in black and white. The colors are added to the image later, ...

Make the most of January's new moon and survey the darkened skies with the best telescopes. Our guide will help you choose the right scope, no matter your budget or experience. Are you new to ...

The study of exoplanets has come a long way since the first detection of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun in 1995.

Once calibrated on some known stars, the app can then read the encoder outputs from the telescope, and help guide the user to point the device at other stars in the night sky. The rig won’t ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...

Venus and Saturn will appear extraordinarily close together in the night sky overnight on Jan. 17 during a celestial event known as a conjunction.