Standing in front of a giant projected bar graph, he solemnly explained the possible fate of the world's most powerful eye on ...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and ...

“Because the night belongs to…”—well, sorry lovers. With noctourism (also called astrotourism) on meteoric rise, it may be ...

The Tianwen-2 probe has sent a self-portrait as it heads toward one of the most enigmatic objects in our space neighborhood: ...

The brightness and darkness of the stripes is controlled by the strength of the magnetic field, and very slight variations in ...

For a lot of people, summer brings the opportune time to look out at the night sky, whether with a telescope or binoculars, ...

The updated data narrowed asteroid 2024 YR4's predicted path by 20 percent, leading to the increased likelihood of a lunar collision. Despite the increased likelihood, NASA emphasizes that even if the ...

Text and photos by Michael J. Meyer Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold ...

The team observed two merging galaxies and discovered that the energy from a quasar is actively transforming the gas within its companion galaxy, thereby dictating whether new stars can form.

The sharpest images of the universe are created when radio telescopes around the world work together. For the first time, the ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

Following a multimillion-dollar expansion program in recent times, sudden harsh science cuts are challenging America’s ...