Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes in September 2015.

Ursa Major III/Unions 1 (UMa3/U1), the faintest known satellite of our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more ...

Aug. 12 (UPI) --Chile's the CiELO project is opening new frontiers in the study of how galaxies form and evolve, positioning the country as a leader in computational astrophysics in Latin America.

For the first time, the famous “spirograph” Planetary Nebula IC418’s non-explosive stellar evolution has been captured over ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by ...

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The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.

One afternoon in early 1994 a couple of astronomers sitting in an air-conditioned computer room at an observatory head­quarters in the coastal town of La Serena, Chile, got to talking. Nicholas ...