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

A Tekapo couple who have spent the past 50 years helping to track asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth have been ...

The moment you glimpse the Milky Way stretched across the night sky, you realize how many stars city life has stolen from you ...

The discovery of 2017 OF201 was not a case of serendipity but of computational integrity. Cheng’s team used archival photos from the Victor M. Blanco Telescope and the Canada France Hawaii ...

Text and photos by Michael J. Meyer Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

Scientists unveiled the first images from what they are calling “the greatest astronomical discovery machine ever built," and ...

By Mary Lee Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The first images of the universe from the world’s ...

Alip says Petrowski is passionate about involving people who are already part of Hawai‘i’s community in telescope operations. “We don’t have a lot of local people working in the telescopes,” says Alip ...