The world's largest telescope captured a deep-space nebula — an interstellar cloud of gas and dust that can produce new stars — in stunning detail, providing the first close-up view to date of ...

The world's largest telescope captured a deep-space nebula — an interstellar cloud of gas and dust that can produce new stars — in stunning detail, providing the first close-up view to date of ...

There are a lot of great Nebulae in this area, including the Trifid Nebula (M20), Lagoon Nebula (M8), and Eagle Nebula (M16). They’re all visible through binoculars. There are two meteor showers that ...

Star Cluster NGC 6530 This Hubble image captures a portion of star cluster NGC 6530, situated around 4,350 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Set within the Lagoon Nebula, the view ...

Images from the world’s largest camera, built in the Bay Area, have just been released, providing a first-of-its-kind window across deep space. Over the next decade, the device, mounted on a ...

Nell Greenfieldboyce is a NPR science correspondent. With reporting focused on general science, NASA, and the intersection between technology and society, Greenfieldboyce has been on the science ...

The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of ...

For July 2025, the moon is at first quarter on July 2. The full moon is on Thursday, July 10, the Thunder Moon, due to all the afternoon thunderstorms. The last quarter moon is on July 17, the day ...

The decade-long wait for U.K. astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals dazzling first images.

A court hearing that could upend the leadership of Turkey’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), is the latest bid to hobble the party behind a wave of spring protests that shook the ...