As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites, rockets and ...
Long before GPS, explorers used the stars to cross oceans and deserts. Here’s how they turned the night sky into a ...
For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...
After surviving the Kosovo War and witnessing her first solar eclipse as a child, UC Santa Cruz astronomy Ph.D. student ...
As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool . Scientists could send out radio ...
A comet older than our Solar System is within backyard astronomers’ reach. Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor discovered in July 2025 by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey in Chile, has emerged ...