"Astronomers will always assume a simple model unless there is overwhelming evidence that this simple model is flawed." Scientists and amateur astronomers have teamed up to upend a long-held ...

"For such a faint and unknown target, we were not sure if we would get any data at all — but the strategy worked." Astronomers studying elusive supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Vikram Koka, chief ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, history's largest and most complex space observatory that serves thousands of astronomers around the world, has captured a unique image that revealed 44 ...

Astronomers setting their sights halfway across the observable universe recently identified the largest amount of individual stars ever detected so far away – a feat once considered near-impossible.

Astronomers setting their sights halfway across the observable universe recently identified the largest amount of individual stars ever detected so far away – a feat once considered near-impossible.

As an astronomer, I have been teaching college students and visitors to our planetarium how to find stars in our sky for more than 20 years. As part of teaching appreciation for the beauty of the ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been an amateur astronomer for 25-plus years. I always go meteor watching as well as observe any celestial event. This year I invited my brother-in-law and his wife to watch a ...

Jan. 13, 2025 — Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the ...

An even closer image of the Space disc shows a detailed depiction of the moon made using a telescope by British astronomer Thomas Harriot, who was the first to use the new instrument to attempt to ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, history's largest and most complex space observatory that serves thousands of astronomers around the world, has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual ...