This telescope was used on board HMS Discovery during the British Arctic Expedition from 1875-76. It was also used on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's National Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition from ...

Nasa will unveil the discovery of a new planet reportedly similar in atmosphere and substance to that of Earth – i.e. capable of supporting life. Why are people talking about something called Kepler?

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope – or WFIRST – is set to launch next year and experts are hopeful it will help unravel some of the biggest mysteries of the universe. WFIRST is an upgrade on ...

A spate of clues over the last two decades has left scientists on the brink of finding alien lifeforms, according to one expert. The discovery of water on Mars was one huge breakthrough that makes it ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has become visible from Earth once again after zooming behind the sun, new images reveal. An astronomer used the Lowell Observatory's powerful Discovery Telescope in ...