The camera already captured millions of galaxies and stars, as well as thousands of asteroids in initial test observations.

New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

Vera Rubin Observatory unveiled first images: millions of galaxies captured in just 10 hours of observation.

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...

The satellite, launched by the European Commission's Earth observation program in September 2024, captured striking images of Mount Etna's eruption from an altitude of 775 km.

Incredible satellite images reveal the moment that Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano spewed a gigantic plume of ash four miles (6.5km) into the sky.

From left, Walter S. Adams, astronomer and director of the Mt. Wilson Observatory, with Albert A. Michelson, Walther Mayer, Albert Einstein and Robert A. Millikan, president of the California ...

The telescope was named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who studied the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy using the Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles in 1923, according to the observatory’s website.

NASA releases rare image of Mount Everest taken from space shuttle Columbia during the STS-80 mission in 1996, showcasing the peak and its glaciers from a unique perspective.

The Mount Wilson towers were left untouched after the Eaton Fire came within feet of the vital communication towers. Conan Nolan reports for the NBCLA News at 5 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2025.