Telescopes

The Subaru telescope.

Subaru Telescope’s Insect-Like Compound Eye to Debut in February

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The Subaru Telescope in Hawai‘i is adding a new instrument to its arsenal, one that will observe the cosmos through ...

An artist's impression of the Milky Way, seen edge-on.

Legendary Gaia Spacecraft Maps Entire Galaxy, Promptly Retires

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The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has completed one of its major charges: delivering a map of the Milky Way ...

A supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust as seen in infrared light (top left), visible light (top right), and low- and high-energy X-rays (bottom left, right).

NASA Astronomers Zero In on the Number of Hidden Supermassive Black Holes

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There are likely more supermassive black holes lurking in the universe than we can see, according to a team of ...

Space Preview 2025

Launches, First Lights, Flybys, and More

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2024 was s huge year for our understanding of the cosmos and the spaceflight industry writ large. But out with ...

Centaurus A

How 2024 Transformed Our View of the Universe

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There are plenty of awesome objects in the universe, made more marvelous by scientists’ ability to image and understand the ...