Satellite mega constellations promise faster connectivity but threaten astronomy, as thousands of satellites brighten skies, ...

They rely on detailed and precise images of distant space to better understand our universe.Already, many of those images ...

Satellite constellations are a relatively new threat to astronomy; prior to the drop in launch costs driven by SpaceX’s ...

As the night grows long and the winter solstice approaches, there’s a host of astronomical events to watch out for, including ...

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters will also contaminate observations by four space telescopes, including Hubble ...

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

First up, just pointing a rocket at the Sun and blasting as hard as you can would result in a wild miss. The main problem you face, other than capturing your enemy and/or convincing them to step into ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

People usually apply to graduate programs at research universities in Washington. But uncertain funding means there could be ...

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...