Giant ground-based reflector telescopes do much of astronomy's heavy lifting, although the U.S.'s largest in Hawaii is not ...
On January 18, 2002, the National Science Foundation formally opened the Gemini South telescope in Chile. This became the ...
North Liberty’s best kept secret looks like a giant satellite dish nestled in a wooded area between North Liberty and ...
Einstein Probe's Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) detected a burst of low-energy X-rays. Astronomers call such X-rays "soft," ...
In Earth’s upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...
The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.
On January 26, 2025, an asteroid called 2024 YY5 will fly by Earth, which has sparked interest in the scientific and space ...
Episode 6 of the Big Island volcano’s latest eruption, which began the week of Christmas 2024, is underway as lava flows onto ...
Astronomers have detected fast-repeating radio bursts from a distant "dead" galaxy that should not contain the energy to produce these types of signals.
The Einstein Probe is revolutionizing our view of the distant X-ray universe, offering an unprecedented look at some of the ...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...
Follow-up observations from the Gemini-North telescope on Hawaii Island and the Very Large Telescope in Chile returned ...