Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...
A mysterious radio signal from a distant planet has sparked excitement among astronomers, hinting at the tantalizing ...
The quasar that powers this jet formed within the first 1.2 billion years of the universe's existence, when it was only 9% of ...
From decades of astronomical observations scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers. The gas and dust falling ...
Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...
Is it possible to understand the Universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth.
South Africa's MeerKAT telescope has discovered a massive new radio galaxy spanning more than 32 times the size of the Milky Way, a researcher revealed Saturday.
NASA's SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in August 2024. Launching no earlier than Feb. 27 ...