The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young ...

The latest discovery marks the furthest detection of oxygen ever made and defies what we thought about how galaxies formed in the early universe.

Scientists using two enormous telescopes — one on Earth and the other in space — have detected oxygen in the most ancient known galaxy, a star-scape beaming light just 300 million years after the Big ...

A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...

Answer: For near stars, astronomers use a method called parallax. During Earth’s orbit, near stars seem to shift their position against the farther stars. This is called parallax shift. By ...

Cherry Springs, isolated atop its mountain and surrounded by the 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, remained a haven of ...

Unistellar, a French company, exclusively makes smart telescopes and has been selling them since 2020. The Odyssey Pro and the Odyssey are the smallest and lightest of the company's offerings. The ...

Daylight savings originated in the United States during World War I to save energy for the war effort. But a recent study by ...

On a Friday night before February break, approximately 55 Inter-Lakes and Sandwich Central School students and family members explored the universe by gazing at the stars and planets ...

Residents from areas such as the state of Florida and the Bahamas have been able to observe the spectacle in the night sky.