Though its mass will bend light in the same characteristic ways as any other black hole, astronomers generally need to see its effect on surrounding matter to identify candidate regions of the sky ...

Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest the apparent biosignature isn’t there after all ...

The problem now is there’s a multiplying number of companies launching these things,” Rick Fienberg said. “And there are no formal regulations for visual brightness of satellites.” ...

The mesmerizing spectacle of Betelgeuse dimming abruptly in late 2019, a phenomenon ominously dubbed the “Great Dimming,” ...

The urban astronomy movement #PopScope has set up telescopes on sidewalks that have brought 26,000 people closer to the night ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

The young open cluster NGC 6709 soars through the sky tonight, visible in Aquila with binoculars or any telescope.

Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best ...

Astronomers have used NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to uncover black holes secretly devouring stars in ...

On Aug. 15, the science center and museum will host a Perseid meteor shower viewing party at Cumming Nature Center in Naples.

Castel Gandolfo is also home to one of the Holy See’s more unexpected institutions: the Vatican Observatory, which since its ...