We’ve all looked up at the night sky and wondered what those lights really look like up close. Stars, planets, the craters on the moon – they’re all up there, waiting to be explored but telescopes ...

Two weeks ago, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was at conjunction, on the opposite side of the Sun with respect to Earth. Last ...

This is the first time the novel imaging technique has been applied to telescopes. For the first time, astronomers have ...

Professional astronomers don’t make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope. Instead, they collect digital images in massive cameras attached to large ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing ...

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After using their new technique , the astronomers measured the star’s color-reliant imagery shifts with five times the ...

Halloween telescope image reveals bat-shaped stellar nursery where infant stars are born. The cosmic creature spans four full ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John Peterson, Purdue University (THE CONVERSATION) Professional astronomers don’t ...