The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...

"Many supermassive black holes may lie concealed within dusty regions of the early universe, undetected," said astronomer Takafumi Tsukui.

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

The Simons Observatory, a most advanced network of telescopes aimed at mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented precision, has reached a major milestone: the Large Aperture ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...

The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...

Learn about the Giant Magellan Telescope–one of three next-generation, ground-based telescopes that are currently under ...

(CNN) – Astronomers have made a surprising discovery about oxygen and elements in the most distant known galaxy. The galaxy ...

Scientists have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Astronomers from two separate research teams made the ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

Learn about the Giant Magellan Telescope–one of three next-generation, ground-based telescopes that are currently under ...