A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death ...
The Bay Sages heard from the Delta Astronomical Society (DAS) during its monthly meeting on Thursday. DAS Newsletter Editor ...
The 23 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there. Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet ...
Right after launching, a bunch of satellites heading to join the megaconstellation looks like a string of moving stars going ...
Portal Space Systems has raised $17.5 million to accelerate the development of a space vehicle with a solar thermal ...
Let's celebrate April first as "Healthy Skepticism Day", especially with fantastical astronomy stories and images online ...
We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? April holds some spectacular sights in the night sky. Check out ...
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...
After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...