The James Webb Space Telescope captured massive galaxy cluster RX J2129. located about 3.2 billion light-years away. A ‘supernova-hosting galaxy’ can be seen three times, at 3 different points in time ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

In a nutshell A rare cosmic alignment has given astronomers an unprecedented view of two galaxies from 7 billion years ago, ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

Matteo Luisi, assistant professor of physics and director of the planetarium and observatory at Westminster College, has been ...

The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...

The University of Connecticut’s planetarium on North Eagleville Road gave students the opportunity to see the stars on Feb. 4. from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in their first weekly event of the spring ...

Last summer, astronomer Calvin Leung was excited to analyze data from a newly built radio telescope. His goal was to pinpoint ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific ...

Galaxies are astronomical objects composed of billions or even trillions of stars. Our Earth and solar system are just a tiny ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The ...

DR. MATTEO LUISI, assistant professor of physics and director of the planetarium and observatory at Westminster College, has ...