How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

The NICER telescope developed a light leak in May 2023 when several thin thermal shields were damaged and let in sunlight ...

The first images from the telescope were released earlier this week, and it uses a 3,200-megapixel camera the size of a car.

Rubin Observatory has released its first full-resolution image It was captured using an ultra-powerful 3,200-megapixel ...

Even a speck of dust could alter the image quality. The high reflectivity and speed of this allow the telescope to capture a ...

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of (SBMNH), on June 25, hosted a First Look event in partnership with Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO), ...

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

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A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark ...