University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...

"It's an elegant answer, really, because we thought it was a tiny galaxy full of many separate cold stars, but it's actually, ...

For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser ...

Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves proved a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.

Galaxies, Auroras, the Moon, our Sun, planets and more – the Royal Observatory Greenwich reveals the winners of the ZWO ...

Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

(Ph.D., she/her) is one of a few space journalists in Canada. She has written five books, and was Space.com's former staff ...

SpaceX's Starship Flight 9, though achieving orbit, failed due to a damaged pressurization system diffuser on the main fuel tank, leading to a chain of events including payload door failure and loss ...

A powerful software tool capable of accurately modeling how cameras capture light could help democratize the development of ...