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

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

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...

Drawing on the University of Arizona’s renowned strength in interferometry, astronomers from Steward Observatory are leading ...

Astronomers have discovered a relatively cool and small exoplanet orbiting a nearby star, with a “year” of several months. The find offers a rare opportunity to study planets and solar systems like ...

Across modern astronomy, the most striking pattern is not a single spectacular discovery but a drumbeat of similar clues. Wherever telescopes and probes look with enough sensitivity, they keep turning ...

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible ...

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

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

"Stars could be there, we just can't see them." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have accidentally discovered a dark ...