"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

Astronomers have obtained detailed images of two protoplanets forming around the PDS 70 star system, located 370 light-years ...

Say hello to one of the Milky Way's neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the ...

The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.

Scientists are closer than ever to uncovering universe dark matter's secrets. Advanced telescopes and cutting-edge tech push ...

A team led by a member of Tokyo Metropolitan University has made advances in the search for dark matter, observing galaxies using new spectrographic technology and the Magellan Clay Telescope.

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As the Trump administration continues to slash federal spending, rumored cuts to science funding has left the future of Big ...

They used the 6.5-m-wide Magellan Clay Telescope in Chile to collect light arriving on earth, paying close attention to the infrared region of the spectrum. With a mere 4 hours of observations ...

They used the 6.5-m-wide Magellan Clay Telescope in Chile to collect light arriving on earth, paying close attention to the infrared region of the spectrum. The team focused on a promising dark ...

Using the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, and the Magellan Baade ...