Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

A recent photograph taken from the Gemini South Observatory in Chile provides a breathtaking view of the Milky Way, offering ...

One would think that a US$99,000 telescope requires specialist training and a thick instruction manual. But the new Hyperia ...

The most recent CSC update adds more than 400,000 unique compact and extended X-ray sources, as well over 1.3 million ...

Lately we've been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's flagship telescope ...

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

NASA scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have identified an early-stage galaxy cluster forming just one billion years after the Big Bang, challenging current ...

Ferris State University physics and astronomy professor Dinesh Shetty and student Francisco Vasquez have reached a milestone ...

Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they may not have considered before.

The historic building atop Mt. Hamilton is red-tagged and closed to visitors. But Astronomer Elinor Gates gave us a ...

Mercury spill closes Sunspot Solar Observatory and nearby forest trails indefinitely, though officials say there is no public ...