Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

"It’s kind of a jigsaw puzzle where all the different pieces are moving." ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...

Astronomers have obtained unprecedented images of two star explosions, revealing complex ejection processes and delayed ...

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

For around a year now, the Sidewalk Astronomers have been meeting regularly in D.C. to show people that gazing at the stars ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

Megaconstellations” of vast numbers of satellites could threaten space-based astronomy, scientists have warned. In recent years, companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX have launched thousands of new ...

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...