The Franklin Institute will celebrate International Astronomy Day with a lineup of space-themed activities on Saturday, April ...

SpaceX's plan to launch one million orbiting data centers to space worries astronomers, who say the satellite streaks caused by the proposed constellation would severely impair observations.

Ohio will see a total lunar eclipse during the March full moon. Here's what makes it so special and when to see the blood ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

The homemade telescope is the handiwork of Whanganui amateur astronomer Joseph Thomas Ward. Ward championed astronomy in New Zealand when its popularity was growing but the high cost of equipment made ...

Researchers in the US have demonstrated how quantum entanglement could be used to detect optical signals from astronomical ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most precisely aligned structures in the ancient world. Its sides point almost ...

Traveling to another star system is one of humanity’s biggest dreams—but it comes with serious challenges. Deep space is ...

Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful ...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope discovered a hydroxyl megamaser in a galactic merger 8 billion light-years away, amplified by gravitational lensing and operating at radio wavelengths.

Astronomy and commercial space are often portrayed as being on a collision course, yet their futures are deeply intertwined. As satellite constellations expand, astronomers raise concerns about trails ...

A recent SpaceNews opinion article argued that it is time to “take astronomy off Earth.” The suggestion is straightforward: If satellite constellations and commercial space activity threaten ...