It came from outer space. Interstellar space, to be precise. From somewhere beyond the influence of our sun, possibly from ...

The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

Low Earth orbit is filling up with industrial-scale fleets of satellites, and the collateral damage is becoming impossible to ...

Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe ...

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

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...

NASA's report, published in Nature, predicts that around 40% of all Hubble images will have at least one satellite streak in ...

A New Mexico college campus is working towards having its own astronomy center and it’s not just a place to gaze at the stars ...

Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal to reach space on June 14, 1949, aboard a V-2 rocket, achieving an altitude of approximately 83 miles. The mission successfully recorded Albert II's ...

“Megaconstellations” of vast numbers of satellites could threaten space-based astronomy, scientists have warned.

The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...