"It doesn't present any danger to anyone, though it does highlight a certain carelessness about how leftover space hardware ...

"General relativity is likely incomplete for describing the very first moments of the universe, when quantum effects should ...

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only ...

A recent report highlighted by the Associated Press reveals a rising risk to the Atacama Desert’s pristine night skies, a ...

Fifteen years after Western astronomers first discovered "buckyballs" in space (soccer ball-shaped molecules that resemble a ...

Introduction to Astronomy is a college class usually filled with excitement and a lot of questions about outer space. Questions like: What are black holes? Are there planets out there that are ...

In January in Monterrey, Mexico, Iván Venzor was one of only a dozen people in the world to glimpse a potential Jupiter-sized planet crossing in front of a distant star. It happened too fast to see by ...

Astronomy Day at Keystone College offered a rare chance to view planets through a powerful telescope, guided by enthusiasts, with a telescope prize drawing.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Marbely Micolta, a doctoral student in astronomy and scientific computing at the University of Michigan, has been selected as one of eight new 51 Pegasi b Fellows for 2026, one of the ...

Founded in 1926, the Los Angeles Astronomical Society marked its centennial with a celebration at Griffith Observatory on ...

One day, while I was looking at the credits for an attractive image on AstroBin, I noticed the camera listed was “Player One.” I wondered who that company was. As time went by, I saw similar credits ...

The UW Space Place Outreach Center, which hosted 10,000 visitors a year, is closing as a result of departmental budget cuts.