Breakthrough Listen will scan the the skies with the aid of the MeerKAT Telescope. They are targeting a million nearby stars. [NASA's Planet-Hunting Probe Joins the Search for Intelligent Aliens] Cred ...

An easy-to-follow explanation of how Earth’s atmosphere bends starlight, creating the familiar twinkling effect we see when ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

On July 2, 2025, the China-led Einstein Probe (EP) space telescope detected an exceptionally bright X-ray source whose brightness varied rapidly during a routine sky survey. Its unusual signal ...

New radio observations of molecular gas reveal how dozens of galaxies could have rapidly merged together in the early ...

Stargazers, get ready for a celestial show! A planetary alignment featuring six planets will be visible in late February and ...

NASA shared that with a more precise shape, it will help astronomers understand data from planets seen passing in front of ...

Discover how high-speed wavefront sensing enhances space situational awareness by overcoming atmospheric distortion.

Figure 1. Artist's impression of the Einstein Probe satellite catching an intermediate black hole, tearing apart a white ...

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