Giant telescope begins filming the universe every 40 seconds, creating the most detailed cosmic record ever attempted from Earth ...

NASA's Swift Observatory is in peril. A last minute mission to save it could make spaceflight history. Here's everything to know.

For six and a half days in July 2024, the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III kept its gaze fixed on the sun. The ...

Using the world’s largest digital camera, Rubin will create the most comprehensive record of the universe to date.

An observatory in Chile is taking a timelapse of the sky over the Southern Hemisphere to help scientists measure the ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has begun an 10-year survey to create a new inventory of our solar system and the Milky Way, and ...

Physics and astronomy students visited Great Basin Observatory to connect classroom research with hands-on experiences in ...

Fred Schumacher shares his experience building the Ridgeview Observatory at an upcoming free ORION program in Oak Ridge.

On Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble completely changed the way we view the universe and our place in it. The discovery came from peering through what was then the world’s largest telescope, ...

A lost Philadelphia observatory once used to track the transit of Venus may be the place where the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time.