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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Starting late on March 13 and continuing into the early-morning hours of March 14, our natural satellite will pass through ...

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

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