Up for a challenge? If skies are clear, you may be able to complete a rare feat of visual athletics this coming weekend, and ...

As Bajaj puts it: "These James Webb Space Telescope data sets are so beautiful." ...

"We were quite surprised," Dones continued. "Spirals are seen in Saturn's rings, disks around young stars and galaxies. The ...

New research from Germany has investigated for the first time the idea of building a photovoltaic Dyson sphere, a theoretical ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

Mercury measures at almost half of one astronomical unit between the sun and Earth (the distance between Earth and the sun being one astronomical unit), NASA stated. Meanwhile, Saturn is 9.5 ...

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are ...

Nvidia recently revealed details about its new AI graphics processors, and one of them is named for a scientist familiar to ...

Anjalika Lobo, 33, walked from her apartment to the event where she met her friend Katy Maravala, 35. Both women expressed that in a city that can feel so “sceney,” Star Party offered a “low-key” ...

Mars is 1.5 astronomical units away from the sun, with one astronomical unit being the distance between the sun and Earth. Within the inner solar system, Mars has the most moons – but a far cry ...

where 1 astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the sun. Around 1,700 objects are considered to have an elevated risk because they make a relatively close approach to Earth ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...