Scientists have unlocked the 3D structure of molecular clouds in the Milky Way’s center, using a groundbreaking X-ray technique. These cosmic clouds, vital for star formation, were illuminated by past ...

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG) are delighted to announce that the Caroline Herschel Medal 2025 is awarded to Prof. Isobel ...

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The gigantic mirror of the Rosse telescope has long been engaged in ... The view which Sir John Herschel had long since formed on the behavior of the fleecy clouds of a summer night under the ...

inventing telescopes which would unlock some of space’s great discoveries, most notably Uranus in 1781, a planet which was briefly known as Herschel. But it was during his time in Sunderland ...

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy. The halo, known as an ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals unprecedented details of it.

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The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope was going through preliminary tests in September 2023 when it captured images of an Einstein Ring in a nearby galaxy.

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(THE CONVERSATION) If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans ...