Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious event that could reveal the existence of a "rogue planet" drifting ...

Scientists have released a never-before-seen view of a star cluster, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.

For more than three decades, this venerable old telescope has been peering out into space, observing stars, galaxies, and nebulae to understand more about the universe we live in.

Connecticut College removed its 29-year-old 20-inch telescope out of the observatory atop the F.W. Olin Science Center to make room for a CDK350 Observatory System, a 14-inch telescope, built by Pl… ...

Now, dozens of old telescopes, opera glasses, microscopes and cameras are on display in the lobby of the College of Optical Science's new copper and green glass building.

New Sun Images At 8K Resolution Show Astounding, Never-Before-Seen Details A new camera on an old telescope opens the door to incredible views of the Sun.

The Calypso telescope will be used as a calibration telescope by the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will begin operations around 2020.

The Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph (NGPS) has given the 76-year-old telescope at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory an unmatched ability to capture fainter objects ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the advances ...

When Dylan Anderson was eight years old, he discovered an old telescope of his grandfather’s. The pirate-esque rig was dusty from years in the garage, but Anderson was instantly intrigued. “I ...