The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

Astronomy graduate students at San Diego State University are in the middle of their semester doing something that, of course, is out of this world. At an elevation of 6,100 feet, Mount Laguna ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden cosmic web of galaxies and gas by mapping hydrogen light from the early universe.

Astronomers have tracked a powerful blast of radiation back to its source, finding a neutron star collision within colliding galaxies.

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

One of astronomy's biggest puzzles may have been solved by a new theory that suggests the universe may rotate at an extremely slow rate. Current models suggest the universe is expanding evenly in all ...

A weekly video series on astronomy, hosted by Dave Eicher and sponsored by Celestron, will run throughout 2023. The series will cover current astronomical events, research findings, and cosmic enigmas ...

We have made our own gravity wave detectors on Earth that are about 40 kilometers long and detect variation with lasers and now we have used decades of Pulsar observations to detect long wave gravity ...

Join us today, Nov. 20, for Astronomy Unlocked, a virtual event focused on choosing your best telescope, complete with insight and tips from leading industry experts. Observing the wonders of the ...

Researchers from the University of Bologna and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) along with other institutes have proposed a new way to address the Hubble tension by comparing ...

The announcement said that Astronomer Maarten Schmidt of Caltech had discovered a quasar (quasi-stellar radio source) racing away from earth at 80% of the speed of light. That brief observation last ...