The most popular reason to study the atmospheres of planets beyond the Solar System is to look for Earth counterparts that ...

The researchers say their work “may form the basis of new non-invasive shark deterrent technology to protect human life.” ...

Get your head around the best headlamps for astronomy in time for Black Friday: These lamps are perfect for stargazing and late-night runs. Owning one of the best headlamps is a must if you're a ...

Facing an ink-black silhouette of more than 400,000 attendees at the Woodstock music festival and rock stars watching from the wings, he had no clue how Crosby, Stills and Nash would be received.

Perseverance records Phobos eclipse, creating a googly eye effect. Mars’ moon Phobos partially blocks the Sun during this rare transit. The rover’s capture enhances understanding of Martian moons.

As Phobos’ irregularly shaped silhouette completes its pass, an effect NASA likened to a “googly eye” peering down from space was produced, as shown in the new video (see below). The imagery was ...

For Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reveals this spooktacular image of a dark nebula that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colorful cosmic backdrop.

"We hypothesize that the ring image resulted from errors during EHT's imaging analysis and that part of it was an artifact, rather than the actual astronomical structure." ...

Historians working with an artificial intelligence assistant have begun tracking the spread of astronomical thinking across Europe in the early 1500s. The analysis contributes to challenging the ...

“Watch out for rambunctious stars. They are trouble,” says Astronomy Editor David Eicher. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) just published a new photograph showing the stunning masterpiece that ...

The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief. By Dennis Overbye Just in time for Halloween, two black holes are in the news. One is a serial killer, on the verge of devouring its second star ...

For each proplyd, a small protoplanetary disk is detected in silhouette in the optical image ... which are called nebulae,” said Kevin Luhman, professor of astronomy and astrophysics in the Eberly ...