The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

The world of astronomy hides many secrets, such as the one found on Saturn, as it has been discovered that it has 128 new ...

Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin spent nearly a year in “utter bewilderment” after arriving at the Harvard College ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

The Solar System continues to surprise us day after day and its presence in terms of dominance and expansion goes far beyond ...

SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.

M17, often called the Omega, the Swan, and the Checkmark Nebula, stars in a new image taken by the VISTA telescope in Chile.

Head out and find some bright planets in the evening this week: Mars, Jupiter, and Venus are all visible right now. Here's ...

What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, c William ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

The International Astronomical Institute revealed in a report on Wednesday that sighting the Eid Al Fitr crescent moon on ...