A metrology system capable of cofocusing and cophasing is essential to ensure the performance of large segmented space telescopes, similar to that of monolithic telescopes, as well as to image the ...

Greetings, stargazers. Emission nebulae are the subject of many of the most spectacular astrophotographs published in the last decade. Although there are many subcategories of nebulae, they all ...

It's the last day of Amazon Prime Day and some of these deals are definitely ending tonight. Grab some new optics in time to ...

Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ...

Completely transform your space for less than $30. Flood your environment with different combinations of colorful lights and ...

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

We tested the best binoculars from Swarovski, NOCS Provisions, Celestron, Nikon, and more to help you find the best option for your needs and budget.

Plus, with Saturn making its return to the night sky next week after spending the last few months as a 'morning star', the ...

The new galaxy, because of how far away it is, looks to observers exactly as it did when it was first created 3 billion years ...

A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...

Direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanets is key to studying their formation, evolution, atmosphere, and - for Earth-sized planets - remotely detect biological activity. Such observations are ...

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...