The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan.

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Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope now has solar panels after they were recently installed at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in ...

"Mauve will help us understand which stars are likely to be damaging for a life environment." The world's first commercial deep space astronomy telescope is set to search for stars that could host ...

Astronomers and students working together through a unique educational initiative have obtained a striking new image of the growing tail of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS. The observations reveal a ...

"We need to be aware of the seriousness of this problem and take measures to address it." Astronomy and space sciences have mostly avoided the fraudulent practices of paper mills and predatory ...

Satellite megaconstellations are increasingly impacting astronomical observations. Bright satellite streaks are compromising ...

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until it didn’t. Inside the newly built Vera C. Rubin Observatory, site project scientist Sandrine ...

Look into the night sky, and it might seem like space is a vast expanse of darkness. But are any regions darker than others? What's the darkest place in the solar system and, on a grander scale, the ...

For three decades, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been our eyes on the Sun, unveiling mysteries of solar ...