The Swift Observatory is in peril more than 2 decades after a Cape Canaveral launch. Here's what to know about NASA's historic mission to save it.

The world's newest astronomical observatory has begun producing an unprecedented stream of data on asteroids, supernovae and other transient cosmic events.

A major astronomy facility in the Andes has begun a 10-year survey of the Southern sky with the aim of creating the most comprehensive, cinematic record of the universe ever made. Based in Cerro Pachón in the Andes, the Vera C Rubin Observatory is named in honour of the US astronomer and dark-matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted in SOHO images. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer: Lacey Young (MORI Associates) Editor: Lacey Young (MORI Associates) Videographer: Joy Ng (National Institute of Aerospace) Advisor: Beth Anthony (MORI Associates) Scientist: Karl Battams (U.

RTX (RTX) subsidiary Raytheon said Tuesday it is building a large space telescope for the Lazuli Space Observatory, a science mission backed by Schmidt Sciences that aims to study planets, distant galaxies and other astronomical phenomena.