Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about 13.

Astronomy graduate students at San Diego State University are in the middle of their semester doing something that, of course, is out of this world. At an elevation of 6,100 feet, Mount Laguna ...

The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

One of astronomy's biggest puzzles may have been solved by a new theory that suggests the universe may rotate at an extremely slow rate. Current models suggest the universe is expanding evenly in all ...

Join us today, Nov. 20, for Astronomy Unlocked, a virtual event focused on choosing your best telescope, complete with insight and tips from leading industry experts. Observing the wonders of the ...

Astronomers have created an enormous 3D map of the universe revealing a glowing “sea of light” from hydrogen gas during the cosmic dawn nearly 11 billion years ago.

A weekly video series on astronomy, hosted by Dave Eicher and sponsored by Celestron, will run throughout 2023. The series will cover current astronomical events, research findings, and cosmic enigmas ...

We have made our own gravity wave detectors on Earth that are about 40 kilometers long and detect variation with lasers and now we have used decades of Pulsar observations to detect long wave gravity ...