Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

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In observations conducted between April 5 and April 10, 2017, the team looked at the relativistic jet produced by OJ 287, a ...

Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong ...

One of the famous astrologers of western tradition, William Lilly (1602-1681) mentioned this quote - \"Astrology is the soul ...

Astronomers have uncovered the long-hidden cause behind Betelgeuse’s strange behavior: a small companion star carving a visible wake through the giant’s vast atmosphere. Using nearly eight years of ...

If you're a reader of Astronomy, you recognize the name Alan Stern. Through the years, he's written numerous stories for the ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Shining in the constellation Gemini near the bright stars Pollux and Castor, Jupiter's opposition is the best time to see the ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

NASA’s Hubble has examined Cloud-9, a strange object with no stars that offers clues about early galaxy formation and dark ...