"Black hole stars" are clouds of gas energized by a supermassive black hole hidden within them. When you purchase through ...

A new recipe of "quadratic gravity" could help to better define the picture of the Big Bang and the singularity that existed ...

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only ...

Fifteen years after Western astronomers first discovered "buckyballs" in space (soccer ball-shaped molecules that resemble a ...

A recent report highlighted by the Associated Press reveals a rising risk to the Atacama Desert’s pristine night skies, a ...

Introduction to Astronomy is a college class usually filled with excitement and a lot of questions about outer space. Questions like: What are black holes? Are there planets out there that are ...

In January in Monterrey, Mexico, Iván Venzor was one of only a dozen people in the world to glimpse a potential Jupiter-sized planet crossing in front of a distant star. It happened too fast to see by ...

Two billion years after the cosmos banged into existence, a mysterious force known as dark energy began shoving space outward ...

Astronomy Day at Keystone College offered a rare chance to view planets through a powerful telescope, guided by enthusiasts, with a telescope prize drawing.

The UW Space Place Outreach Center, which hosted 10,000 visitors a year, is closing as a result of departmental budget cuts.

One day, while I was looking at the credits for an attractive image on AstroBin, I noticed the camera listed was “Player One.” I wondered who that company was. As time went by, I saw similar credits ...

After 43 years with Astronomy, including 23 years as Editor-in-Chief, David J. Eicher is transitioning to a new role as the magazine’s Editor Emeritus. Eicher is one of the most widely recognized ...