Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have characterized the closest supernova linked to a fast X-ray transient. The ...

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

The Unistellar eQuinox 2 is our telescope experts' pick as the best overall smart telescope, and is now $420 off for Father's ...

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), situated in a karst region in Guizhou, southwest China, has been operating since January 2020. But now a second phase will add 24 new ...

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It ...

With Prime Day fast approaching on July 8-11, now's a good time to take a look at the best telescopes: Here are our picks of the best instruments for viewing the night sky.

Some theories suggest they are produced by “magnetars” – the highly magnetised cores of massive, dead stars – or arise from ...

China has begun work on the expansion of the world's largest radio telescope. In the second construction phase, 24 new mobile radio telescopes, each with a diameter of 40 meters, are to be added.

The Vera Rubin Observatory has cemented its status as a rising star, revealing unprecedented detail captured by the biggest digital camera ever built.

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...