NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently zeroed in on the Bullet Cluster—delivering highly detailed images that show a ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

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A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...

The High Desert Astronomical Society will host a free "Black Hole Day" event at the Luz Observatory in Apple Valley, California on May 9. The event will feature a presentation by Caltech ...

Bright flashes of enigmatic radio waves have helped illuminate some of the missing matter in the universe, astronomers say in a new study.

A team of scientists captured the sharpest-ever view of the sun's outer layer using a telescope in California. NBC News' Gadi ...

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

Scientists estimate that ordinary matter makes up only about 15% of all matter, but have long struggled to document where all of it is located, with about half unaccounted for. With the help of ...