When it comes to telescopes, there are no bigger names than Hubble and Webb, but why have two space telescopes anyway, how ...

The most famous telescope in history has reached a major milestone -- it's 35 years old. The Hubble Space Telescope launched on a grand scientific adventure to study the cosmos on April 24, 1990 ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters ...

Pluto is the tiniest planet in our solar system with a diameter of roughly 2,377 kilometers, making it even smaller than our ...

Its color is actually caused by the effects of a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit (1,093 Celsius) atmosphere where rock-forming ...