It’s been more than 36 years since NASA sent its Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit, and nearly five years since the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope started to circle the sun. Now a new, ...

The hunt is on. A group of scientists has banded together to build the world’s first privately funded deep-space telescope, to hunt for asteroids that could pose a major threat to Earth. The private ...

Prototype dishes for Caltech’s DSA at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, nestled between the Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains in California’s Mojave. Credit: Katie Jameson / Caltech / DSA ...

Buying Guide Here are the best telescopes for deep space — gaze far into the night sky and survey the cosmos in impressive detail. NASA's ambitious mission to return astronauts to the moon for the ...

The Union Budget 2026–27 has introduced a landmark era for Indian astrophysics, signaling a shift from routine satellite missions to "discovery-class" science. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ...

Scheduled to launch Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, NASA's Roman telescope will image far more sky than Hubble to unlock deep-space secrets.

NASA released a series of deep-space images recolored in red, white and blue to mark the United States semiquincentennial, ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The California Institute of Technology on Tuesday announced plans to build the world’s most sensitive radio telescope in the Nevada desert. According to a post on Caltech’s website, ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit. A month ...

Prior to World War II the vast majority of telescopes built around the world were funded by wealthy people with an interest in the heavens above. However, after the war, two significant developments ...

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 ...