Optical telescopes utilize refraction and reflection to focus light, enabling detailed astronomical observations and ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Rich Matsuda is the first Hawai‘i-born director of the W. M. Keck Observatory. For him, the title carries both responsibility and opportunity.“In one sense it doesn’t matter, shouldn’t matter, there’s ...

Scientists at the University of Reading are playing a vital role in helping Nasa photograph Jupiter. The academics have been using the Keck telescope to photograph the planet remotely. In the past ...

While it does have somewhat of an awkward name, Uranus has actually been called the boring planet, and at first glance, it does look rather calm and yes, even boring, but underneath its placid blue ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Westmont opens its observatory and powerful Keck Telescope for this month’s free public stargazing event Friday, July 18, ...

Last week the Rubin Observatory released the first data from a newly commissioned telescope. Astronomers, engineers and computer scientists have been planning this project for about 20 years. It is ...