The telescope began as a crude spyglass in the 1600s but quickly became the tool that redefined humanity’s place in the universe, from Galileo’s first discoveries to the James Webb Space Telescope.

Benjamin Pope receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Big Questions Institute. After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been such a ...

If you've ever fancied witnessing a meteor shower, tonight (October 21) could be your golden opportunity. This week sees the climax of the annual Orionid meteor shower, often simply referred to as the ...

If you've ever wanted to catch a glimpse of a meteor shower, tonight (October 21) could be your chance. This week marks the peak of an annual shower known as the Orionid meteor shower, sometimes ...

"Mauve will help us understand which stars are likely to be damaging for a life environment." The world's first commercial deep space astronomy telescope is set to search for stars that could host ...

As one half of the International Gemini Observatory, the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii provides astronomers with a window into the distant universe, from growing stars to evolving galaxies. Its ...

Shohei Ohtani hits his third home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in game four of the National League Championship Series. (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) Editor’s Note: This was originally ...

A 192-acre former NASA campus near Rosman in Transylvania County is up for sale at $30 million, offering a potential buyer access to a space-race era facility that has long been the site of ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe. When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) looked back in time to observe the ...