Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...

Data show that unidentified lights in archival astronomy images were 68% more likely to be imaged 24 hours after a nuclear ...

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Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

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This revelation means scientists might have to rethink Type II supernova models, which would result in some of these cosmic ...

A global team observed a massive plasma burst from EK Draconis, showing how early solar storms may have shaped young planets.

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Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with ...

It began in an era when the night sky was pristine, long before the metallic glint of satellites and the clutter of orbital ...