Astronomy

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A string of lights that lobbed across the night sky in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday had some people wondering if a fleet of UFOs was coming, but it had others— mostly amateur stargazers and…

The Long March 5B rocket, which is around 100 feet tall and weighs 22 tons, is expected to enter Earth's atmosphere "around May 8," according to a statement from Defense Department spokesperson Mike Howard, who said the US Space Command…

While not an official full-fledged NASA mission, the concept of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope, or LCRT, has been in development for years. The project recently received a $500,000 boost upon entering the second phase of NASA's…

Science and Technology Bernard F. Schutz Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society May 7, 2021 • Atlanta, GA …

Wyoming Stargazing, an astronomy non-profit, is hosting a free online speaker series this spring and summer. The next featured speaker is Suzanne Ramsay from the European Southern…

An interior view of Blue Origin's crew capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2017. (Reuters photo)…

The students studied LD2, an unusual comet with an orbit similar to Trojan Asteroids that orbit the sun ahead of and behind Jupiter. (Photo credit: NASA) Two Maui middle-schoolers mesmerized by an unusual comet orbit-hopping near Jupiter…

The cosmic dance of two supermassive black holes is on display in this visualization, created by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Like two ballet dancers spinning on a grand stage, these black holes gracefully sweep toward one another…