How did the construction of the Subaru Telescope transform Japanese astronomy? A new study provides a quantitative answer by analyzing scientific publications and their ...

On a frigid orbit beyond Neptune, some of the solar system’s smallest worlds project a strange silhouette. Two rounded lobes, pressed together with a narrow “neck,” like a snowman that never melted.

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time identified the progenitor of a nearby supernova -- a red supergiant star cloaked in thick, dust-rich shrouds that ...

University of Pretoria scientists detected the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever recorded using the MeerKAT radio ...

According to their analysis, the changes included a temperature increase, a reduction in size to around 800 solar radii, and ...

Using the MeerKAT telescope, South African scientists have detected a record-breaking radio laser from a distant galaxy, ...

Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model for astronomical imaging that significantly enhances scientists' ability to peer into the deepest reaches of the cosmos.

Researchers from the University of Arizona, University of Maryland, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have proposed a new method for achieving ultra-high-resolution astronomical images using ...

Continuing our new series on photography and gear, DPReview community member Michael S. shares how early sports photography and a lifelong love of astronomy grew into a passion for capturing wildlife ...

For the first time, astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’ ionosphere, uncovering unexpected temperature ...

Looking through the atmosphere is like looking through a piece of old stained glass. The glass has defects that distort the image. The atmosphere also has defects that distort the image, but the ...