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Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

Satellite mega constellations promise faster connectivity but threaten astronomy, as thousands of satellites brighten skies, ...

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ...

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

People usually apply to graduate programs at research universities in Washington. But uncertain funding means there could be ...

Astronomy studies celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth. Astronomy degrees offer specializations like cosmology, planetary science, and stellar astrophysics. Astronomers use telescopes, math, ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out late in the evening of December 9 and ...

As astronomers look out to the universe, they use planet Earth as an important reference point. This has created a growing relationship between astronomy and the evolving study of climate change, ...

Before you even enter the new Shanghai Astronomy Museum, you feel like you have entered the realm of space. Overhead view of the Ennead Architects-designed Shanghai Astronomy Museum. Bird's eye view ...

There is no doubt that books have the power to change how people think about the world — and the universe — around them. But what makes a book influential? Does it need to have a major impact on ...

One can only imagine what Grote Reber’s neighbors thought when, in 1937, the amateur radio enthusiast erected in his yard a nearly 10-meter-wide shallow bowl of sheet metal, perched atop an adjustable ...