Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times ...

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system 's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

If I ask you to picture a radio telescope, you probably imagine a large dish pointing to the sky, or even an array of dish ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

As the sun dipped low to the southwest of the Grand Canyon, tourists flocked to the rim. They lined up to catch the shuttle ...

The image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.

Gaia is mapping the three-dimensional positions of the objects in the Milky Way galaxy; but it's also mapping their direction ...

For example, we can weigh stars on the other side of our galaxy because massive stars are bright in infrared, while smaller ones are faint – and they stay that way throughout their lifetimes.

Just the first section of the map has over 100 million celestial finds, such as stars in our Milky Way galaxy and other galaxies beyond ... The incredible resolution of the imagery allows astronomers ...

The best standard zoom lenses are some of the most versatile tools a photographer can carry in their arsenal. While there isn't an official ruling on what constitutes a standard zoom, it's generally ...

In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes – both on Earth and in space – has been a key part of this process, and ...