When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The 230-foot (70 meters) RT-70 radio telescope in Crimea was damaged by a Ukrainian drone in late ...

NASA's powerful James Webb Space telescope has revealed a colorful spread of stars and cosmic dust in the Milky Way's most active star-forming region. The telescope was studying Sagittarius B2, a ...

Why it's so special: Stars in the Milky Way galaxy are born in huge molecular clouds. The most massive is Sagittarius B2, which is just a few hundred light-years from our the galaxy's central black ...

Now the nights are getting longer, it's the perfect time to start looking for your next telescope — especially with Black Friday taking place on November 28. When you purchase through links on our ...

Scientists at the University of Reading are playing a vital role in helping Nasa photograph Jupiter. The academics have been using the Keck telescope to photograph the planet remotely. In the past ...

There's another stargazing spectacle just a few days later too BRITS will have a brilliant view of Saturn tonight – and it’ll be looking pretty unusual to boot. This week marks Saturn’s opposition, ...

The mysterious interstellar object traveling through our solar system has been spotted acting like no other comet ever seen before, revealing its alien origins. Scientists from Michigan State ...

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, winding spiral arms and ongoing star formation. Ellipticals ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has reportedly identified an atmosphere on the intriguing lava planet TOI-561 b, a discovery that marks a significant milestone in astronomical research. This planet was ...