NASA confirms the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS poses no threat to Earth, despite viral speculation. Scientists and the UN are ...

An international team of researchers has identified a strong candidate for a nearby, potentially rocky exoplanet orbiting ...

A powerful new telescope has captured its first glimpse of the cosmos, and could transform our understanding of how stars, ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi and his Virtual Telescope Project will host a special livestream on Oct. 20 beginning at 1:30 p.m.

WorldWide Telescope is Microsoft's answer to Google Sky, the online virtual telescope the search giant unveiled last year. Powered by a mix of software and Web 2.0 services created with Microsoft's ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...

Comet Lemmon is being called the 'best and brightest' comet of the year with its distict green color, and it's not the only ...

Hubble's origins stretch back to the late 1970s when engineers began grinding a 2.4-meter mirror destined for the iconic telescope. While that mirror needed some adjustments to see clearly, Hubble is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the JWST investigating some hypothetical exoplanets with a graph in the ...

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Public University System (APUS) is over the moon to announce its 24-inch research grade telescope at the Dr. Wallace E. Boston Observatory ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even in the depths of space, there's no escape from politics. The $10 billion ...