In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the ...

The answer is as obvious as it seems – the Earth looks flat when you're standing on it, not cone-shaped. Visual evidence ...

Shandin Pete says Indigenous astronomy seeks to reclaim stories on how and why star groupings and constellations look the way ...

Radio astronomy has a pollution problem. Satellites thousands of kilometers overhead, designed to broadcast communications or relay data, are increasingly contaminating the frequencies astronomers use ...

A rare confluence of factors makes the Atacama an ideal home for some of the world’s biggest astronomical projects – dry climate, high altitude and, crucially, isolation from the light pollution of ...

In a field dominated by men and scarce resources, astrophysicist Manisha Dwa has carved out a path of her own. She is working to transform astronomy education in Nepal, empowering students and pushing ...

It came from outer space. Interstellar space, to be precise. From somewhere beyond the influence of our sun, possibly from ...

The multi-ton shutter section fell outward onto the roof of the Great Hall, crushing several structural beams. The Great ...

The Arecibo telescope collapsed on December 1, 2020, following a series of structural failures. The collapse was preceded by two distinct cable failures in August and November 2020, leading the ...

Scientists atop Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawai’i and across the Hawaiian chain are turning their telescopes skyward Friday ...

This mash-up of data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals two galaxies mid-collision ...

Star Wars fans will be well aware of Tatooine, the desolate, distant world inhabited by human settlers. In the films Tatooine ...