Arecibo Observatory telescope outfitted with a wideband cryogenic system to expand its capabilities

Undergraduate students from the Enhancing and Nurturing Careers in Astronomy with New Training Opportunities (ENCANTO) program…

Gravitational waves may have made human life possible

Artist’s impression of neutron stars merging, producing gravitational waves and resulting in a kilonova. Credit: Mark…

New cataclysmic variable discovered by astronomers

Finding chart for XMM 152737 with North at top and East to the left. The image…

Texas county issues disaster declaration for solar eclipse, expects 200K people

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A North Texas county issued a disaster declaration ahead of the April…

Small satellite launch advances comms experimentation, international collaboration

A Mola CubeSat from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) was successfully launched into orbit on March…

NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds

An illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech…

Three-year study of young stars with NASA’s Hubble enters new chapter

The ULLYSES program studied two types of young stars: super-hot, massive, blue stars and cooler, redder,…

Faintest known star system orbiting the Milky Way discovered

Hidden in this deep sky image (left) is Uma3/U1, a minuscule group of stars (right) bound…

What do scientists hope to learn from total solar eclipse in US?

A total solar eclipse will be seen across the United States in April 2024 — this…

Mercury could be the perfect destination for a solar sail

Artist’s illustration of IKAROS. Credit: JAXA Solar sails rely upon pressure exerted by sunlight on large…