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Telescopes are essential tools for astronomers, allowing us to capture light from distant celestial objects and study the universe. From ground-based giants to orbital observatories, these instruments have revolutionized our understanding of space.

Being aware of the night sky even as you walk, even through a city, can give you a grounding in learning bright stars, constellations and how the night sky changes.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch 29 of Amazon's internet satellites tonight (April 27), and you can watch it live.

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy, stuns in this ambassador's picture.

What factors impact how long it takes for a supermassive black hole binary to merge?

Astrobotic completed a successful series of hot-fire tests of its rotating detonation rocket engine prototype, marking a key milestone for the experimental propulsion technology.

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only to space-borne machines like Webb and Hubble.

NASA is exploring ways to use a fleet of drones to explore the lunar south pole with an ambitious new MoonFall project.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket stands in the vertical launch position ahead of the flight of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 mission for Viasat. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing to launch its first Falcon Heavy rocket in more than a year and a half. The Monday morning flight of the triple booster rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will feature the landing of the two side boosters at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX will launch its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in 18 months on Monday morning (April 27), and you can watch the dramatic action live.

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

Falcon 9 first stage booster B1088 lifts off from Vandenberg with 25 Starlink satellites aboard. Image: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday, carrying another batch of satellites for its Starlink internet service.

"That moment of completion was incredibly rewarding, as I felt like I had finally represented the first quarter moon as it might appear in person."

From Arctic fjords and volcanic craters to medieval castles and coastal cliffs, here's where to get a clear line of sight to the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026.

Lock up our hearts and throw away the key, because we have found love in space. Space prison movies, that is.

The private WorldView Legion 4 Earth-observing satellite snapped an amazing photo of the Hubble Space Telescope on April 23, 2026, a day before the obsevatory's 36th birthday.

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest firsts.

A new study suggests that most "post-starburst galaxies" cease star formation because they run out of fuel. But that's not the full story.