Joan of Arc was as religious as a person can get without turning into a stained-glass window. When she was just 13 she claimed to have been visited by three saints – Michael, Catherine and Margaret.

The original structure provided the optimal setting for Galileo Galilei's presentation of the telescope ... visit the campanile page on the Basilica di San Marco's website. Venice In a Day ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have revolutionized our understanding of the solar system's formation with ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

In recent years, Saturn has overtaken Jupiter as the planet with the most satellites in our solar system. How many moons does Saturn have?

If you plan to use your telescope in your backyard or a short drive from home, the lightweight, compact design makes this a great contender. If you need a telescope that is simple to operate and ...

Scientists explored Beethoven’s ailments, linked remains to a Norse saga, uncovered colonial secrets, peeked inside an ...

If all goes according to plan, the anticipated development timeline for the ELT will see the telescope's secondary mirror (M2) completed in 2025. The 14-foot (4.25-meter) mirror — the largest ...

The data was compared with observations from previous missions that have flown by Jupiter and its moons, such as NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, as well as ground-based telescopes. Together ...

The Moon’s craters were among the first things Galileo observed upon turning his telescope on the skies, informing the world that the lunar surface was “full of hollows and protuberances, just like ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe—not a flaw in telescope measurements—may be behind the decadelong mystery of why the universe is ...