Explore the night sky with the best telescopes to suit every budget and experience level, perfect for observing February's Snow Moon and spectacular planetary parade. February is a great time to ...

An international team of researchers has found dark matter dominating the halos of two supermassive black holes in galaxies roughly 13 billion light years away. Their study, published in The ...

The accurate modelling of the point spread function (PSF) is of paramount importance in astronomical observations ... by trying to build a physical optical system model that aims to be as close as ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

To better understand why the planets have variable compositions, we have to first understand the process of how stars form ... the angular momentum of the system. The temperature of the central ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

Students Maddie Sullivan and Perry's son, Ricky, presented their findings from NASA data on baby stars or young stellar objects to aerospace engineers, astronomy grad students and professors. “I want ...

With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system ... planets it could find orbiting some 150,000 stars in one tiny patch ...

The best telescopes allow you to observe this month's full planetary parade more closely and give you a front-row seat to the total lunar eclipse in March. The best telescopes unlock the wonders ...

Rubin Observatory capturing light from supernovae, the explosive deaths of massive stars. These cosmic beacons are important for studying the expansion ... Every night Rubin Observatory will produce ...

The team used advanced numerical simulations to model the magneto-thermal evolution of these stars, finding that a specific ... and low-field magnetars, Nature Astronomy (2025).