Astronomers have found a distant fast radio burst whose signal has traversed much of the universe before arriving at Earth.

JAXA will launch a H3-24L rocket with Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) from LA-Y2 at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.

They weren't just taking pretty pictures.

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The stars are shining above New York City, you just need special camera gear to see them.

Not any time soon; one day.

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Even without runaway superintelligence or malicious intent, current AI systems risk triggering nuclear war by amplifying human cognitive blind spots, speeding up escalation spirals, and overwhelming d...

International Occultation Timing Association

As humanity continues to move towards a permanent settlement on the Moon, we still have at least one big hurdle to face - the lunar night, which lasts for roughly fourteen days straight and can drop t...

It’s a busy skywatching month ahead. The first full week of October sees two top-notch skywatching events, with Saturn reaching opposition, and the Moon occulting Jupiter for North America on October ...

How politics, bad timing, and skepticism left foundation stones of modern physics unrecognized

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Starship’s heat shield is made of up of an array of ceramic tiles. Each is a small component, but together they have large consequences.

500,000 satellites from SpaceX's FCC filing, two published brightness models and the real stars, for any latitude, date and time. Computed in your browser.

An evening of excellent seeing enabled me to capture more detail than usual on Saturn with the 12inch scope I have kindly loaned to me while mine is still back with the manufacturer for repair. Only ...