Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

Satellite constellations are a relatively new threat to astronomy; prior to the drop in launch costs driven by SpaceX’s ...

Using the JWST, an international team featuring UNIGE scientists has detected enormous clouds of helium streaming away from ...

If the moon looks a bit bigger, it’s not your imagination. The last supermoon of the year is making its appearance on ...

The Geminids peak Dec. 13, producing up to 120 meteors per hour visible from 8 p.m. until sunrise. Plus, a recap of ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

As the night grows long and the winter solstice approaches, there’s a host of astronomical events to watch out for, including ...

Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks" in exoplanetary systems.

First up, just pointing a rocket at the Sun and blasting as hard as you can would result in a wild miss. The main problem you face, other than capturing your enemy and/or convincing them to step into ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...