A historic observatory opens a multi-million-dollar museum and celebrates its unique history and legacy of current big-play ...
Our best view yet of the material linking clusters of galaxies may have pinpointed some 20 percent of the universe’s missing ...
Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse. The perimeter of Earth’s orbit is roughly 584 million miles ...
A recent study found that SpaceX’s Starlink V2-mini satellites emit more radio waves, potentially interfering with radio ...
New research reveals how supermassive black holes halt star formation, shedding light on galaxy evolution in the early ...
The largest and most powerful rocket to ever fly could lift off on its sixth test flight as early as Monday at 5 p.m. EST.
New research sheds light on how a pair of unusual black holes may have been able to keep their companion stars alive — and at a distance.
Black holes are the universe’s shadowy figures, with many millions of them roaming unseen in our galaxy alone. These cosmic heavyweights famously destroy anything that wanders too close, tearing ...
In Chasing the Stars, authors Kelly Tyrell and James Lattis discuss the astronomical achievements of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin. The book’s 256 pages feature many images ...
Inside the bright but unassumingly named nebula Gum 55 lies a dark nebula — a rift of dust grains that absorb visible light — creating a swatch of darkness against the glow of bright gas.