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Astronomers' attempts to study the earliest universe could be threatened by SpaceX Starlink satellites leaking radio emissions.

There’s a Giant Problem With SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that our entire solar system is vulnerable to being thrown into chaos by a distant star.

Scientists Fear a Passing Star Could Fling Earth Out of the Sun’s Orbit, Into the Frigid Expanse Beyond

By Frank Landymore

Scientists say they've developed a ludicrously keen-eyed laser device that can read the text in a book from a whopping 0.85 miles away.

Alarming Spy Device Can Read Text in an Open Book From Nearly a Mile Away

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers, for the first time ever, have witnessed visible auroras over Mars — and it dwarfs anything we see on Earth.

Astronomers Stunned as Epic Mars Aurora Covers Entire Planet

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have detected a promising sign of a ninth planet lurking at the the farthest reaches of the Solar System.

Scientists Say They May Have Spotted a Huge Hidden Planet Deep in Our Solar System

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope believe they've made the first detection of a star swallowing a planet — with a grim twist.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Disturbing Sight: Entire Planet Sinking Into Star

By Frank Landymore

After all the space drama, astronomers have figured out what that "city killer" asteroid actually looks like: a flat, spinning disk.

Asteroid That Threatened Earth Shaped Like a Saucer, Scientists Find With Large Telescope

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope got a direct look at 2024 YR4, the asteroid once feared to strike Earth, and has determined its true size.

James Webb Space Telescope

Fearless James Webb Telescope Stares Down “City Killer” Asteroid That Had Been Feared to Strike Earth

By Frank Landymore

The potential city killer asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer projected to strike our planet, but it and others like it will be back again.

Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge

By Frank Landymore

An ominous "Death Star" set to blast out a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on Earth.

Astronomers Investigate Whether Dying Star’s Blast of Deadly Gamma Radiation Will Hit Earth

By Frank Landymore

A star is predicted to erupt in an epic explosion known as a nova this week, providing a spectacle visible to the naked eye.

Scientists Say This Star Is Due to Explode Today, and You’ll Be Able to See It With Your Bare Eyeballs

By Frank Landymore

Behold the mysterious objects populating the "low surface brightness universe" that the latest radio telescopes are beginning to uncover.

Images Show Entire “Universe” of Circular Structure That Can Only Be Seen as Radio Signals

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers believe they've discovered a spiral structure inside the Oort cloud that surrounds our solar system.

Scientists Spot Spiral Structure at Edge of Solar System

By Frank Landymore

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet just twenty light years away that's residing in its star's habitable zone.

Scientists Intrigued by Nearby Planet That Could Potentially Support Life

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers say they've detected a mysterious type of signal known as a fast radio burst coming from an ancient, dead galaxy.

Strange Signal Coming From Dead Galaxy, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

Former governor of Maryland Larry Hogan claimed he "personally witnessed" drones in the night sky. X users believe he's seeing stars.

Former Governor of Maryland Mocked for Posting Video of “Drones” That Appear to Be Ordinary Stars

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets

Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have signed an open letter to the FCC urging that it pause Starlink and other mega-constellation launches.

Astronomers Call for Pause on SpaceX Starlink Launches

By Frank Landymore

Our universe may have another mirror universe on the other side of the Big Bang running backwards in time, physicist hypothesize.

Science & Energy

Physicist Says There’s Another Universe Hiding Behind the Big Bang

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope was used to spot a new kind of alien planet: a watery "steam world" with an atmosphere of hot water vapor.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots First-Ever Alien “Steam World”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An astronomer is suggesting that Mars once had a large moon that exerted enough force to create a large bulge on its surface.

Mars Appears to Be Missing a Moon, Astronomer Finds

By Sharon Adarlo

A team of researchers say they've calculated the underlying cosmological parameters of the universe using an AI model.

Scientists Calculate “Settings” of the Universe Using AI

By Frank Landymore

The Perseid meteor shower is back, and it's guaranteed to bring one of the best celestial light shows you'll see this year.

If You Look Up Tonight, There’s a Beautiful Meteor Shower Right Now

By Frank Landymore

New York University scientists say that forces within neutron stars can slice through the star itself and send out intense gamma-ray bursts.

From Quarks to Quasars

Grim Blades of Energy Could Chop Stars in Half, Scientists Say

By Sharon Adarlo

For weeks, hackers have been targeting major telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, forcing scientists to suspend all observations.

Mysterious Hackers Are Targeting Space Telescopes

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have discovered the coolest star ever found to emit radio waves. It's a brown dwarf, and it's not even as hot as a lighter flame.

Scientists Discover Star Cooler Than Cigarette Lighter Flame

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX's Starlink satellites are emanating low frequency waves from their onboard electronics.

SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With “Unintended” Radiation

By Frank Landymore

A supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy is expected to be visible for months, even from amateur backyard telescopes.

New Supernova in Sky May Shine for Months

By Sharon Adarlo

Betelgeuse is one of the most iconic stars visible on Earth — and with scientists predicting that it'll go supernova soon, Twitter has jokes.

Scientists Are Breathlessly Waiting For Betelgeuse to Explode

By Noor Al-Sibai

Look West to the horizon around sunset, and you should be able to witness five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, and Mars — lined up near the Moon.

Five Planets Are Aligning in the Sky Right Now

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers have found that the universe is expanding at an entirely different rate than previously thought, a groundbreaking discovery.

Most Precise Measurements of the Universe Suggest That Something Is Very Wrong

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New reporting from Scientific American leaves open the possibility that NASA could still change the name of the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA May Still Rename James Webb Telescope Over Homophobia Controversy

By Jon Christian

Scientists — and former astronauts alike — are excited for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to scan distant worlds for signs of life.

James Webb Space Telescope

Former Astronaut Suggests Specific Planet for James Webb to Search for Life

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is throwing shade at some "hot mess" colliding galaxies as they become one.

Science & Energy

Hubble Space Telescope Calls Out “Hot Mess” Galactic Collision

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers Discover Youngest Planet Ever Observed

Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Youngest Planet Ever Observed

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists detected a bizarre, randomly-shifting radio wave coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and they have no idea what's causing it.

Science & Energy

Scientists Baffled by Radio Waves Coming From Our Own Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a gigantic comet — and they say it’s headed towards Earth.

The Biggest Comet Ever Discovered Is About to Cruise by Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have discovered that "mushballs," large slushy hailstones made of ammonia and water, might be causing an odd atmospheric phenomenon on Uranus.

Scientists Intrigued by Strange Blobs on Uranus

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers observing Jupiter got a surprise on Monday when a large unknown object smashed into the planet’s surface causing a "bright flash of light."

Something Big Appears to Have Just Smashed Into Jupiter

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers have created the largest computer simulation of the Universe, and have made the data available for anyone to download for free

Science & Energy

Scientists Create 3,000 TB Simulation of the Universe You Can Download

By Tony Ho Tran

Watch the Rare “Triple Transit” From Jupiter’s Moons

Watch the Rare “Triple Transit” From Jupiter’s Moons

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers recently discovered a new technique that makes it much easier to detect and study how dark matter is distributed throughout the universe.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Giant Arc of Galaxies That Could “Overturn Cosmology”

By Tony Ho Tran

New research suggests that orbital debris, to say nothing of still-operational satellite constellations, is impeding astronomers' work.

Science & Energy

Space Junk Is Literally Making the Sky Brighter, Astronomer Say

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists thought the asteroid belt was either the remains of a destroyed planet or the raw materials to make a new one, but the answer is more complex.

Is the Asteroid Belt What’s Left of an Obliterated Planet?

By Dan Robitzski

A meteorite fell to France last week — sparking calls by amateur astronomers to help search for and find the apricot-sized space rock.

Science & Energy

A Meteorite Fell In This Area and Everybody Is Looking For It

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX darkened its Starlink satellites, but they're stil blocking and interfering with astronomers' observations of the night sky.

SpaceX’s “Darkened” Satellites Still Messing Up Research, Astronomers Say

By Dan Robitzski

Science & Energy

An Unusual Merger Seems to Have Created a New Type of Star

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered a new brown dwarf with a radio telescope, revealing a new way to find celestial bodies too cold to pick up in infrared.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover a “Failed Star” Too Cold to Show up in Normal Scans

By Dan Robitzski

By revisiting 20-year-old data, scientists say they've located 40 percent of the visible matter in the universe that had gone undetected.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Missing 40 Percent of the Universe’s Matter

By Dan Robitzski

NASA commissioned Nokia to build a 4G network on the Moon, but doing so could spell doom for radio astronomers trying to filter out all the noise.

Science & Energy

That 4G Network on the Moon Could Ruin Astronomy

By Dan Robitzski

Climate change is interfering with sensitive observatories and telescopes, making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos.

Astronomers Complain That Climate Change Is Making Telescopes Worse

By Dan Robitzski

The dimmer version of SpaceX's Starlink satellites are still too bright in the sky for astronomers to conduct their research.

Science & Energy

SpaceX’s Darker Starlink Satellites Are Still Ruining Astronomers’ Research

By Dan Robitzski

Recent images taken of the spectacular NEOWISE comet by astrophotographer Daniel Lopez were "completely photobombed by Elon Musk's Starlink satellites."

SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Ruined This Photo of the NEOWISE Comet

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, an unusual fireball streaked across the sky over Australia, leaving astronomers wondering whether they saw an incinerating satellite or a meteor.

Science & Energy

Watch a Mysterious Blue Fireball Scream Over Australia

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that the early universe was spinning around multiple axes, influencing the direction in which galaxies rotate.

Science & Energy

Evidence Suggests That the Entire Early Universe Was Rotating

By Dan Robitzski

An advanced telescope currently being built in Australia will give astronomers a far more detailed glimpse of cosmic events.

Science & Energy

New Telescope Will Watch Entire Southern Sky in Infrared

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers discovered bizarre stripes of storm clouds blanketing a brown dwarf "star" with an old technique that's relevant again thanks to new tech.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Brown Dwarf Covered in Stripes

By Dan Robitzski

In response to scientists who say SpaceX's Starlink satellites will block astronomical research, CEO Elon Musk suggested launching orbital observatories.

Science & Energy

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Launch Orbital Observatories

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers think they've captured an image of an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star that's closest to our solar system.

Science & Energy

This Blurry Photo May Show a Planet in a Neighboring Star System

By Dan Robitzski

As SpaceX continues to launch more of its Starlink satellites, new research suggests hundreds will be visible from Earth with the naked eye.

Science & Energy

Astronomer: SpaceX Satellite Swarm Will Be Visible With Naked Eye

By Dan Robitzski

A proposed mission would explore the first-ever object that astronomers spotted cruising into our solar system from interstellar space.

Proposed Mission Would Explore Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua

By Jon Christian

China's world record, "alien-hunting" telescope, FAST, became fully operational on Saturday, quadrupling the amount of the universe astronomers can examine.

Science & Energy

China Finally Boots Up Colossal Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope

By Dan Robitzski