On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

In the heart of distant galaxies, astronomers have witnessed the most violent stellar death throes ever recorded.

Chile is home to one of the most ambitious scientific projects on the planet: the construction of the world’s largest ...

Witness the Moon’s surface in unprecedented detail with super high-quality footage shot through a powerful telescope, ...

Scientists have discovered the most powerful blasts of energy in the known universe. Dubbed extreme nuclear transients, or ...

Astronomers working with South Africa’s SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has gifted us with some of the most stunning and detailed images of our universe. From distant galaxies and star-forming nebulae to colossal galaxy clusters, these ...

One of the ENTs studied in this work, named Gaia18cdj, released 25 times more energy than the most powerful supernova on ...

Scientists have long puzzled over a discrepancy in how fast the universe is expanding, but new, sharper data from the James ...

A black hole is more than just a region of space where nothing escapes. It can also become a powerful cosmic engine.

Astronomers captured the universe’s brightest, longest-lasting stellar explosions, where massive stars are torn apart by ...

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...