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 ...

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A group of about 1,000 stars are coming to Nevada skies this month. See the details on that and the other astronomical events ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, awarded their Gold Medal to Maryellen Giger (pictured here with her team) for pioneering work in computer-aided diagnosis and image ...

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...