By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

“This pioneering interstellar navigation demonstration and its accompanying publication show that a deep-space mission can use its onboard imaging system to find its way among the stars,” added Alan ...

The research draws on two existing approaches to better estimate stars’ ages.

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy - yet, it remains a challenge since ...

A theory by Albert Einstein has helped astronomers discover a rare exoplanet, sparking new ideas of where they can be found.

Martin Kahanec, the co-founder and scientific director of the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), has received ...

The first ever space telescope, the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2), was launched into the low Earth orbit in ...

Supermassive black holes are the largest black holes in the universe and can be found at the center of galaxies including our own Milky Way. They are at least a million ... In big data from, for ...

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...