This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument.

After years of development, researchers at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii have fired up their newest tool, ...

The sun might be responsible for light and life on Earth, but it can also be terrifying. The first image from the brand new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar ...

In a groundbreaking achievement for solar astronomy, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the world’s largest solar ...

Astronomers confirm a wandering black hole in our galaxy’s Sagittarius region using Hubble and Gaia microlensing data.

Astronomers detected potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, but findings remain inconclusive. Claims of alien life ...

The world’s largest solar telescope has been equipped with a powerful new instrument, offering scientists an unprecedented view into the inner workings of the sun.The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, ...

Learn how a new instrument will increase the telescope’s ability to spot sunspots in unprecedented detail.

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

To learn more about the nature of matter, energy, space, and time, physicists smash high-energy particles together in large ...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, can see the sun in unprecedented detail. Here is ...