For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our ...

The race to connect the world through satellite internet has created an unexpected casualty: our view of the cosmos. A new ...

Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

This new theory suggests we are living in a huge hole in the cosmos. New research suggests that our planet may be located within a billion-light-year-wide cosmic void — large enough to fit 20,000 ...

In 2017, astronomers made an unprecedented discovery: the first interstellar object ever confirmed to visit our solar ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

As more of the world lives under light-polluted skies, astrophotographers are a connection to the cosmos. With their high-tech telescopes, cameras and image editing software, they can magnify what ...

Women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in astronomy and geophysics despite attempts to ...

The community of experts in astronomy works tirelessly in the shadows, with the aim of providing answers that, until now, have escaped human control. Many aspects are still unknown ...

Dr. Chip Fletcher, dean of the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, on Spotlight Now. A new study from the UH Manoa shows coral reefs and other marine ...

“Ground-based astronomy is incredibly important, and we need to be responsible,” she said. On the other hand, she sees great potential from putting scientific instruments on more satellites.