The way that Hubble images are produced is similar to how the James Webb Space Telescope uses filters and combines these to create stunning pictures of otherwise invisible objects, a process which ...

Astronomers say a massive green energy project in Chile could compromise one of Earth's best chances to detect dangerous ...

From the ocean’s rolling swells to the bumpy ride of a jetliner, turbulence is everywhere. Yet despite its ubiquity, ...

This particular telescope is under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the darkest places on Earth ...

Modern lasers meet ancient wisdom as four beams from ESO’s telescope reflect the Andean reverence for cosmic balance.

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from directly above while its ...

This small, low-cost, smartphone-controlled smart telescope has a few surprises for photographers of all kinds ...

On a volcanic island under some of the darkest skies on Earth, I rediscovered the night sky and came home with a new view of ...

Using NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers found the cosmic object in an unexpected place.

Beneath Chile’s brilliant skies, the ELT grows—an engineering giant ready to capture the secrets of the universe with the ...

A groundbreaking telescope might soon detect signs of extraterrestrial life. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile, promises major advances in astronomy. With a ...

K2-18b is thought to harbor a huge ocean ... At the very least, confirmation resides far in the future, though one future planned space telescope might garner more data. Discoveries by the ...