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

NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin have all successfully launched superheavy-lift rockets. These massive vehicles are designed to ...

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New telescope instruments now reveal distant galaxies in detail, reshaping how astronomers map dark matter, star formation, ...

Look ahead and look up! The Pembina Valley Astro Club is giving us a glimpse into what the new year will provide for ...

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

Dazzling 'dawn storms' that illuminate Jupiter's poles are 10x more intense than the gas giant's regular auroras.

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

Astronomers have completed the most comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to date, providing the clearest ...

This year's Royal Astronomical Society Fowler Award for early achievement in astronomy has been awarded to University of Warwick's Dr. Ingrid Pelisoli ...

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The University of Nebraska at Kearney Planetarium is inviting the public to explore the universe with a new lineup of ...