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Astronomers have produced the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way to date, revealing more than 1.5 billion ...

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Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). They use a specially-built ...

An algorithm that detects streaks of light in telescope images could help to counter a growing threat to astronomy.

Astronomers have constructed telescopes of every kind - massive observatories designed to pick up faint traces of light ...

Oct. 12 is Astronomy Day, and Pebble Hill Plantation is offering a special program on the sun to celebrate. Randy Rhea, an astronomer, engineer, and author, will present “There’s More to the Sun than ...

From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...

In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, a team at George Mason University is heading a project to construct and launch a ...

Is our home galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, a special place? A team of scientists started a journey to answer this question ...

It’s an exciting time for astronomy enthusiasts as Earth will temporarily get a second moon for almost two months. A recent ...

Jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation, the highly competitive grant will establish the ...