The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Chilean Andes is one of the most powerful radio telescope ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...

Visitors to the Sunwheel can see the sun rising and setting over the winter solstice stones from approximately Dec. 16 ...

Night sky update for December 17, 2025, covering the moon phase, visible planets, meteor showers, and key space and astronomy news from today ...

Among the more puzzling cosmic phenomena discovered over the past few decades are brief and very bright flashes of blue and ...

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

In this video, a nuclear engineer reacts to the Kurzgesagt video "Astronomy is in Crisis and It's Exciting," providing insight into the challenges faced by the field of astronomy. The video discusses ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out late in the evening, point your ...

People usually apply to graduate programs at research universities in Washington. But uncertain funding means there could be ...

The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

At the UW, hundreds apply each year for the astronomy department’s graduate program, and a maximum of seven are accepted. But for the next year, they won’t be accepting any graduate students, due to ...