Star telescope

While we may quibble about how to pronounce its name, there's no denying that Vega is one of the most fascinating in the heavens.

Jul 13, 2022 - NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail.

Exploring and sharing the wonders of astronomy in the Asheville NC region

This image shows one of the four Unit Telescopes that make up ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal. Each of the 8.2-metre telescopes was given a name in the Mapuche language spoken by indigenous people from the Southern Chile. The Unit Telescope in this image is called Yepun, which means Venus. The smaller telescope beside Yepun is one of four Auxiliary Telescopes that have a diameter of 1.8 metres. These can be combined with the Unit Telescopes to make the Very Large Telescope…

The Universe, truly, is full of wonders, and the James Webb Space Telescope has just given us our best views of one of them yet.

Picture perfect: Mission managers say the telescope's mirror segments have been aligned and have focused on single stars, a critical milestone, and the telescope is working flawlessly.

A Hubble Space Telescope photo of a rapidly spinning neutron star, also known as a pulsar.

The massive galaxy wall discovered by a Canary Islands-based research team is a billion light years big. It is estimated to contain at least 10,000 times the mass of our Milky Way, so it should be no surprise it's part of a project called 'BOSS.'...