Rubin Observatory unintentionally captured pre-discovery images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
During its testing period, the observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope and Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera were coincidentally pointed at the precise celestial coordinates of 3I/ATLAS.
Updated: Dec 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
James Webb Telescope uncovers Jupiter moon Europa's surprisingly dynamic and shifting ice shell
Spectral data from JWST, analyzed by Dr. Ujjwal Raut and his team at SwRI, shows Europa's surface ice crystallizes at varying rates.
Updated: Jul 25, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Subaru Telescope discovers ancient ‘fossil’ object beyond Pluto, challenges the existence of Planet Nine
This new find brings the total to four known sednoids, a mysterious group of icy bodies with elongated orbits.
Published: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA Chandra discovers 'baby' exoplanet shrinking under attack from its host star
TOI 1227 b, a newly designated exoplanet, is a youthful 8 million years old—a thousand times younger than our Sun.
Updated: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope survey aims to discover 100,000 star explosions and feeding black holes
Scientists will create a time-lapse cosmic movie by repeatedly conducting the two-year High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey.
Updated: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA’s James Webb Telescope discovers evidence of a black hole formed without a supernova explosion
Named for its unique shape, the 'Infinity Galaxy' is a cosmic smash-up that appears to be the first-ever observed 'direct collapse' black hole.
Updated: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Hubble's latest portrait of galaxy cluster 2.8 billion light-years away holds cosmic secrets beyond what's visible
More than a hundred individual galaxies sparkle in the new Hubble image, yet the cluster's intricate nature extends far beyond the realm of visible light.
Published: Jul 14, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Hubble and Webb Telescopes reveal stunning two faces of a star cluster duo in distant galaxy
The two star clusters, NGC 460 and NGC 456, offer a stunning look at how gas, dust, and newly forming stars interact within a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
Published: Jul 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
New Webb image unveils rapid birth of stars in Cigar Galaxy, capturing dust and outflows in stunning detail
Though significantly smaller than the Milky Way, Messier 82 blazes with five times its luminosity and sparks new stars at ten times the rate.
Published: Jul 8, 2025 | By Raj Naik
'Almost every area of astronomy': NASA's SPHEREx reveals universe's infrared secrets, week by week
SPHEREx is designed to create a full spectral map, which will provide a vast amount of data to explore nearly every aspect of astronomy.
Published: Jul 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA's James Webb uncovers dark matter's secrets in highly detailed new images of Bullet Cluster
The Webb Telescope's highly detailed images of the Bullet Cluster have significantly advanced our understanding of dark matter distribution and galactic collision dynamics.
Published: Jul 2, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Inspired by NASA, Rubin Observatory to scan the night sky for 10 years to create a time-lapse of the cosmos
The LSST Camera captures incredibly vast individual images, each covering a sky area as large as 45 full Moons.
Published: Jun 26, 2025 | By Raj Naik
James Webb Telescope directly images a Saturn-mass planet orbiting a distant young star
This discovery would represent a significant milestone for the Webb Telescope, marking its very first direct imaging of a planet.
Published: Jun 26, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Spectacular first images from Rubin Observatory reveal 2,104 asteroids — millions more yet to be explored
The ability to detect small objects orbiting the Sun shows asteroids in motion against the static background of stars and galaxies.
Published: Jun 24, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
After Rubin's first surreal images of the cosmos, scientists are 'beyond excited about what's coming'
The next-generation facility captured stars, galaxies and asteroids, revealing the cosmic phenomena on an unbelievable scale.
Published: Jun 24, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
The Rubin Telescope’s 3,200-megapixel eye is the largest digital camera ever — and it's built to scan the sky
In its first year, the Rubin Observatory is expected to gather more data than every telescope in history, put together.
Published: Jun 20, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA’s James Webb captures Neptune’s extraordinary auroras for the first time
Neptune’s auroras are no longer a speculation, as the beautiful sight on the planet was officially captured by James Webb.
Published: Apr 6, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
NASA's SPHEREx telescope, launched to study millions of galaxies, releases stunning debut images: 'Just wow'
The mission to map the universe and record innumerable undetected galaxies seems possible now as NASA’s SPHEREx turns on detectors.
Published: Apr 3, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
Eyepieces
An eyepiece (or ocular) is a combination of small lenses mounted in a tube, used to view and magnify the image formed by a telescope or other optical instrument.
Updated: Aug 9, 2024 | By Tom Urbain
Refractors Vs Reflectors: The Pros & Cons of Each Telescope Design
Discover the pros and cons of refracting and reflecting telescopes. We'll compare key factors such as budget, aperture size, observing capability, ease of use and much more.
Updated: Mar 27, 2024 | By Tom Urbain