Our picks of the best telescopes for kids are easy to use, affordable and a great way to introduce youngsters to the night sky and total lunar eclipse. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

The blood moon eclipse on March 3 is the perfect opportunity to use a smart telescope — these are our favorite models for lunar and deep sky imaging. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly paradise. Or it could be a frigid realm even chillier than Mars, incapable of supporting life. The margins ...

The star is the "yolk" of the beautiful Egg Nebula. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped Uranus’s upper atmosphere in three dimensions, tracking temperatures and charged particles up to 5,000 kilometers above the clouds. Webb’s sharp vision ...

New research reveals how quiet galactic engines can help shape entire galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

Africa’s skies have been studied largely through instruments and by astronomers outside the continent. That is starting to change. When the Royal Society awarded its Rising Star Africa Prize to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big Bang. In so doing, scientists hoped to gain a better understanding of how ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth. Out ...

The big bang wasn’t a bang in the traditional sense—but it was nonetheless the start of important things: for one, space; another, time. Thirdly, it began the conditions and processes that eventually ...