Vikram Dhillon, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sheffield, had just spent half an hour showing what one of the world’s fastest astronomical cameras could do. HiPERCAM has studied white ...
Silver makes up only a minute fraction of the Sun, but its abundance carries clues about events that shaped the Milky Way.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist features eclipses, nebulae, aurorae and Milky Way images ahead of the September winners announcement.
Our ability to track and visualize small rocks in space is still improving. And occasionally we’ll find a space rock that ...
The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) has completed observations for the Very ...
Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops out of sight. In the morning sky there’s lots of planetary action: Saturn ...
Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time in ...
A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to launch more than 1.7 million satellites into orbit, including extremely bright ones, would have "devastating ...
For the July 2026 issue of Astronomy, we’re bringing you our first ever digital-only issue, with all the content you expect in formats for all devices. As of May 22, the issue is live for all ...
The pictures, on the competition's shortlist, reveal the remarkable celestial objects that lie above our heads, both in deep space and closer to home ...
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