The Indian astronomical community on Sunday hailed the Union Budget 2026-27 for its landmark push to create world-class observational infrastructure, calling it a transformative step that will enable ...

There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so ...

History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...

Bengaluru’s IIA said in a statement that the announcement will offer a big push for ‘building large next-generation telescope ...

Researchers from Regensburg and Birmingham have overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy. With the help of ...

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) crumbled in high-resolution footage captured by the Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Glowing pieces of the comet are visible in the 8.1-meter diameter ...

Could the shape of the universe be tricking us? A new study suggests the universe could be shaped in a way that creates ...

The Champagne Cluster is a rare and beautiful example of two galaxy clusters smashing together. Its festive name comes from both its New Year’s Eve discovery and its bubbly appearance in space. Images ...

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors using observations made between May and December 2025. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope — launched in ...

The discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James ...

Among the more puzzling cosmic phenomena discovered over the past few decades are brief and very bright flashes of blue and ultraviolet light that gradually fade away, leaving behind faint X-ray and ...

The world's largest optical telescope is seen taking shape in an amazing image. The European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is being constructed on the Cerro Armazones mountain ...