Launched on October 4, 1959, Luna 3 successfully became the first spacecraft to image the lunar farside. On October 7, 1959, the probe captured images using an onboard 35mm camera with treated film, ...

Astronomers have detected the faint cosmic background hum created by black holes colliding over billions of years, a landmark in astrophysics. 'He's a nice man, but he can be nasty': Trump hosts ...

The article presents *Astronomy magazine's* 15th annual selection of 35 "Star Products," curated to highlight innovative and practical gear for amateur astronomers. The compilation encompasses a ...

The results were published July 14 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Mapping the wave Gaia mapped the speeds and motions of stars for nearly a dozen years. In 2020, the telescope observed that ...

Two distinct past-present-future narratives unique to Waimea and Hawaiʻi Island will headline the Waimea Community Association’s meeting this Thursday. Dr. Doug Simons, director of the University of ...

UC Riverside has developed a technology that enables scientists to peer deeper into the universe. Gravitational-wave science is on the verge of a major step forward, thanks to a new instrumentation ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible in the night sky that will make for a beautiful and rewarding sight, whether ...

(WFRV) – Winnebago County’s Barlow Planetarium, sharing the wonders of the universe as Wisconsin’s first major planetarium, in partnership with NEWSTAR, is inviting the Northeast Wisconsin community ...

"We already see indications of cracks in the standard model." Are we living in a simulation? Well, the jury's out on that one. But humans do create simulations all the time. In fact, the Euclid ...

Scientists can't explain the record-shattering duration of the event, which occurred outside of the Milky Way and is officially named GRB 250702BDE, according to a study published Aug. 29 in The ...