Observatories

Science

Google helps Lick Observatory stay open with $1 million gift

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Scientists pinpoint Saturn with exquisite accuracy

Exoplanets, Planets

Gemini Planet Imager produces stunning observations in its first year

Cosmology, Exoplanets, Planets

Swarms of Pluto-sized objects kick up dust round adolescent Sun-like star

Stars

Astronomers identify gas spirals as a nursery of twin stars through ALMA observation

Exoplanets, Planets

Revolutionary ALMA image reveals planetary genesis

Exoplanets, Planets, Stars

Planet-forming lifeline discovered in a binary star system

Science

Web Extra: Exploring Chile’s great observatories

Exotic Objects

Fermi satellite finds hints of starquakes in magnetar “storm”

Exoplanets, Planets, Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

ALMA pinpoints Pluto to help guide NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft

Exotic Objects, Stars

The Very Large Telescope clears up dusty mystery

Exoplanets, Planets

First light for SPHERE exoplanet imager