A burst of light in the deep sky is doing something it should not be able to do. It looks like one supernova, but it shows up ...

You can build a telescope, a microscope and a UFO with the Lego Creator 3-in-1 Space Exploration Telescope review, but I'd only bother with the former.

Italian mathematician Galileo Galilei was born in Feb. 15, 1564, in Pisa. Often summarized as the father of modern science, certainly a polymath and a brilliant thinker who operated on a high ...

Discover fascinating facts about Galileo Galilei's life, inventions, and contributions to science in this engaging quiz.

Precise measurements, not just imagination, drive scientific breakthroughs. From Galileo's telescope revealing Jupiter's moons to LIGO detecting gravitational waves, unblinking instruments ...

One of China’s latest Earth observation satellites operating in low orbit could feature an optical aperture at a two-metre scale with “global leading” remote sensing capabilities, according to a China ...

In the early days of astronomy, the night sky was a mystery waiting to be unraveled. The invention of the telescope in the early 17th century marked a revolutionary step forward in our quest to ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, this anniversary marks an important transition.

Day 24 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Gravitational Lens. Galaxies in this James Webb Space Telescope image appear to be stretched into arcs and lines, their appearance warped and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Astronomers in the U.S. and Europe are actively working on a ...

"The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and only includes ...

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources away from the one you care about. In the scientific community, one of the ...