A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at that very large question.

An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.

For centuries, telescopes have relied oncurved glass lenses to bend light and bring the cosmos into focus. While effective, ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar ...

For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But ...

CHILLING new telescope photos of the “city killer” asteroid hurtling towards earth at 30,000mph have been released. The ...

Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so ...

Astronomers have discovered by looking through an exoplanet's atmosphere and mapping its 3D structure for the first time ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

The more powerful they get, traditional curved lenses used in telescopes become bigger and bulkier. University of Utah ...

Scientists aim to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the universe using NASA's newest space telescope, ...