The Sun would be a far more powerful telescope than any humanity could create in the near future. But to use it, we need to get to 650 AU.

Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observation ...

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a landmark observation, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the thinnest coronal loops ever seen during an X-class ...

The universe holds endless mysteries, and today’s most powerful telescopes are helping us explore them like never before. These advanced instruments drive the progress of modern astronomy, using radio ...

Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, ...

The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's Daniel F. Inouye Solar Telescope — could be the bottom floor of the machinery ...

In a remote valley of northern California forty-two radio telescopes point skyward. The Allen Telescope Array is a powerful tool for an organization called the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial ...

As the 10th American institution to invest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 16 members from the United States, Chile, Australia, ...

In a landmark observation, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the thinnest coronal loops ever seen during an X-class flare, giving scientists their first direct look at the tiny magnetic ...