When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

At the Harvard College Observatory in years around 1900, women were hired to make measurements of astronomical data and do ...

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Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Over the past decade, scientists have detected a puzzling phenomenon: radio pulses coming from within our Milky Way galaxy ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

Starting late on March 13 and continuing into the early-morning hours of March 14, our natural satellite will pass through ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission has successfully communicated with Earth, marking the start of an ambitious journey to map the cosmos.

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The renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson encourages you to explore the universe with his top picks for astronomy books ...