Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our vision out into the cosmos.

Scientists say breakthrough could shorten the time needed to map the Milky Way from millennia to less than a decade.

The stars just got a little closer for Valley skywatchers. The International Dark Sky Discovery Center in Fountain Hills ...

On a mountaintop in Chile sits the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a giant telescope equipped with the world’s largest digital camera. In just a few days, the world will get to see its first-ever images ...

In fact, the Euclid Consortium, the international group managing the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope, just ...

The clearest pictures ever taken of a solar flare have been taken by the world’s largest solar telescope. Record-breaking images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii reveal a flare four ...

PHOENIX — The largest telescope in metro Phoenix was added to the International Dark Sky Discovery Center opening soon in Fountain Hills. The 27.5-inch PlaneWave CDK700 gives metro Phoenix its first ...

The center is under construction and will open in the middle of next year. It will house a 27.5 diameter telescope available ...

A newly discovered odd radio circle in space could serve as a time capsule for the violent events that shape galaxies.

That’s what makes Starfront Observatories so unique. Opened in 2024 near a small town south of Abilene, the project gives people everywhere the ability to see the Texas night sky without being there ...

A massive radio telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory - one of the world's largest - collapsed on Tuesday after sustaining severe damage since August, officials said, following 57 years of ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...