NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a star that wreaked violence on its planet ...

The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a low water vapor content and it’s far from the city lights. The top of Cerro ...

Dune. Star Wars. Alien. Science fiction movies love alien worlds, and so do we. But how do scientists find planets outside ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, it could detect hints of alien life around our closest neighboring star ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how distant planets form, researchers said.

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access the inner planets. Now the results are in, and we can do interesting ...

It seems pretty likely that there's some form of alien life out there given the vast universe we live in, and telescopes are a fantastic way to appreciate just how much there is out there, with NASA's ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) sits at the peak of Cerro Armazones. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile, could potentially search for alien life ...

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we observe the universe, we're looking at a three-dimensional space projected ...