Satellites in low Earth orbit currently disrupt radioastronomical observations hundreds of times a day. An automated data-sharing system co-developed by SpaceX and American radio astronomers promises ...

During the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, sidewalk astronomers brought a sense of hope into Washington, D.C. Melia Person Star Trek called it the “final frontier.” When Jodie Foster’s character ...

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India will celebrate the second National Space Day on August 23, 2025, a date that marks a turning point in the nation’s journey into space. This day was chosen because it was on August 23, 2023, that ...

Apple Music app customers woke up to a new feature last week, although not many know it exists yet. Apple Music subscribers can now grab songs or playlists from other music platforms, notably Spotify, ...

An automated data-sharing system co-developed by SpaceX and American radio astronomers promises to protect radio telescopes around the world from disruptive interference from satellites in low Earth ...

"This event quite literally looks like nothing anyone has ever seen before." Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to ...

A new SETI methodology focuses on detecting the "spillover" from directed interstellar communications, mirroring how we communicate with our own spacecraft, rather than relying on broad, speculative ...

A research team from Stanford University has developed a prototype that uses solar energy to extract nutrients from human urine to create a sustainable fertilizer. They presented the system in ...

The first time Kristopher Shinn brought his camera onto a ferry was in 2020, after his sister moved from South Seattle to Bainbridge Island. He went along to help with the move, snapped a few photos, ...

August 22nd: The Swan Nebula (M17) reaches its highest point around 11 PM local daylight time, observable with binoculars or telescopes in northwestern Sagittarius. August 23rd: A New Moon, termed a ...