At the Paranal Observatory, the UT4 telescope doesn't just stargaze—it actively creates its own stars using powerful lasers ...

The European Southern Observatory bills its Very Large Telescope array as the world's most advanced optical instrument. Each of the four Unit telescopes, boasting mirrors 27 feet (8.2 meters ...

The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

New Mexico has long been a leader in radio astronomy, with the iconic Very Large Array (VLA) standing as a symbol of scientific innovation for nearly ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...

This is not an incremental step forward: the Allen Telescope Array was constructed to increase the stellar reconnaissance for artificial signals by orders of magnitude. It is a very large step for ...

The Very Large Telescope captured the images with help ... comprised of various elements and ionized gases. That brilliant array of colors is just how all those little bits and particles look ...

By analyzing the data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have investigated a ...

They’ve conducted research with the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Very Large Array (VLA), and many other facilities. Recent projects have used the Gemini-North telescope ...