A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November.

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

"We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see ...

Almost every image that will be taken by future space observatories in low-Earth orbit could be tainted due to light contamination from satellites. That is according to a new analysis from researchers ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

China and Brazil have established a joint laboratory dedicated to radio astronomy technology, marking a significant ...

A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

As a cold pour hits the glass at The Sycamore in the Mission District, chatter rises, lights dim slightly, and Astronomy on ...

All 88 internationally recognised constellations have European origins. But First Nations astronomy tells older, beautiful ...

After 43 years with Astronomy, including 23 years as Editor-in-Chief, David J. Eicher is transitioning to a new role as the magazine’s Editor Emeritus. Eicher is one of the most widely recognized ...