On July 1, 2025, a telescope in Chile caught a faint smudge drifting across the sky. Within weeks, astronomers confirmed it ...

At the western edge of the Panhandle, Black Mesa is Oklahoma's highest point and one of its darkest. Late last year, the ...

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Using MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of researchers led by former MPIA ...

Astronomy, or some version of it, may well be one of humanity’s oldest sciences. It was good to see it celebrated this weekend.

The 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera in Chile has captured an extended halo and a dust-filled disk around the hat-shaped ...

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA’s TESS mission—and it’s paying ...

The presence of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, in 3I/ATLAS suggests the interstellar comet formed in a much colder place ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially named Asteroid 2006 BT282 as Asteroid Shostak, honoring Dr. Seth ...

The University of Iowa is stepping into the future of space research with new high-tech labs designed to test satellites, ...