Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the Helix Nebula. The well-studied Nebula is a favourite of amateur ...

Union Budget 2026 announces 4 major telescope projects in India. These new facilities will boost astronomy research, solar and deep-space observation and public science engagement.

India’s expanding contributions to astronomy research appear to have prompted a significant policy and funding push from the ...

Budget 2026 proposes establishing and upgrading the National Large Solar Telescope, National Large Optical Infrared Telescope ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman covered traditional spheres like taxes, infrastructure and agriculture, but also looked to the sky.

History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...

Bengaluru’s IIA said in a statement that the announcement will offer a big push for ‘building large next-generation telescope ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

NASA completes assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The observatory will enter final testing before launch, providing infrared surveys and cosmic data for astronomy research.

Inside, an array of optical telescopes, operated by members of China's 42nd Antarctic expedition team, begins its nightly vigil. These instruments represent China's "eyes on the sky" at the Earth's ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf ...