Satellite mega constellations promise faster connectivity but threaten astronomy, as thousands of satellites brighten skies, ...

Satellite megaconstellations are increasingly impacting astronomical observations. Bright satellite streaks are compromising ...

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible ...

ENGRAVE, led by Oxford professor Stephen Smartt, wins top European research award for revealing how gold, platinum and heavy ...

Swetha Gurumurthy provides a stark, monochromatic view of the human motor system. This high-contrast image shows the “neurites” — the branching highways that connect motor neurons to muscles. Using a ...

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters will also contaminate observations by four space telescopes, including Hubble ...

Newton’s breakthroughs were not born from instant inspiration but from years of meticulous observation, calculation, ...

From a pool of 17,000 rural students, IUCAA shortlisted and selected 25 meritorious students — 9 girls and 16 boys — through a rigorous three-stage evaluation. IUCAA scientist Sameer Durde accompanied ...

CONSTRUCTION has begun on a laser that will be 100 times brighter than its predecessor, and a million, billion, billion times brighter than ...

The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where engineers brought together the ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...