European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten the sky by up to 10 percent around the observatory.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data from multiple surveys to compile one of the largest ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed infrared images yet of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), using the Large ...

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Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...

A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the ...

SpaceX plans to launch the seventh full-scale test flight of its massive Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket Thursday ...

A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied ...

The WNYC science program “Radiolab” partnered with the International Astronomical Union to solicit nearly 3,000 submissions.

The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings ...