Just how powerful is the world's most powerful telescope? Let's start with the human eye. The human eye has an angular resolution of about 1 arcminute. That's pretty impressive. Take a circle ...

"The instrument is, so to speak, the heart of the solar telescope, which is now finally beating at its final destination." The world's largest solar telescope has gained a powerful new "eye" that ...

"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and publications." This Thursday (April 24), the Hubble Space Telescope ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 83 galaxy. Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument detected highly ...

During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...

China has achieved a major milestone in astronomical research with the launch of the Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope (JUST) project. On Sunday, construction officially began on the 4. ...

Next week, M+B will open Tomorrow, the Flood, an exhibition of new works by Nat Meade. In Tomorrow, the Flood, Nat Meade offers an intimate and poignant reimagining of masculinity, fatherhood, and ...

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits. In just the last year or so, scientists have used the school bus–sized observatory to confirm the first lone black hole ...