NASA's Hubble Telescope captured the rare phenomenon of a comet breaking apart, catching scientists off guard until they saw ...

A cosmic explosion with an energy equivalent to the output of a billion suns went unnoticed by astronomers until they caught the "echo" of this gamma-ray burst.

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is alarmed by the threat to ground-based astronomy posed by proposals put forward by ...

Incredible satellite imagery shows a wall of dust being blown through Texas as a cold front pushed its way across the United ...

The Wilderness Center, 9877 Alabama Ave. SW, will celebrate Astronomy Day on March 21 with an event focused on space science ...

SpaceX's plan to launch one million orbiting data centers to space worries astronomers, who say the satellite streaks caused by the proposed constellation would severely impair observations.

Astronomers have slammed SpaceX and Reflect Orbital plans for unnaturally brightening skies and disrupting ecosystems.

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)—a ten-year survey ...

The Franklin Institute will celebrate International Astronomy Day with a lineup of space-themed activities on Saturday, April ...

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you're there? Based on the New ...

After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...