The homemade telescope is the handiwork of Whanganui amateur astronomer Joseph Thomas Ward. Ward championed astronomy in New Zealand when its popularity was growing but the high cost of equipment made ...

Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing a star suddenly burst into a blaze of light brighter than anything nearby. A flash so bright that it briefly outshines an entire galaxy before fading ...

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...

Data from Chandra X-ray telescope and James Webb Space Telescopes have revealed a black hole from 470 million years after the Big Bang. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

So, it came as a shock to many people when, in 1781, it was announced that a seventh planet, the first to be discovered since ...

Astronomers have created an enormous 3D map of the universe revealing a glowing “sea of light” from hydrogen gas during the cosmic dawn nearly 11 billion years ago.

On March 13, the Dunblane Primary School shooting shocked Scotland and spurred major gun law reforms, alongside other key ...

Scientists discovered a distant jellyfish galaxy with star-forming "tails" stretching back 8.5 billion years.

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Curiosity Stream is marking a major milestone with the premiere of the 100th episode of its award-winning original series Breakthrough.

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Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have joined forces to produce a stunning new image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, one of the most visually complex objects in the known universe. The ...