Astronomers have used new capabilities of the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to open a whole new realm of research into how galaxies evolve and interact with their ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- The use of Global Positioning System technology is so widespread that its availability is almost taken for granted. However, there may come a time when using GPS is not an ...

Getting started in observing can be challenging. Where do you begin? What do you look for? Even seasoned veterans may find themselves asking, “What do I do now?” from time to time. If you are looking ...

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies — and increasingly by commercial companies — are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade ...

When the Federal Communications Commission approved Amazon’s plans for the Kuiper constellation, a plan to put 3,236 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites in orbit, the astronomy world raised a collective ...

That assessment, shared by astronomy educators Ray Garner III and Gary Kader, encompasses “everything,” too, from entertainment and education. And with a total solar eclipse forthcoming on April 8, ...

We have processed and analyzed vast archives of data from different X-ray telescopes to produce high-level data products related to XRPs in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) galaxy. The SMC hosts a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Feb 25, 2024, 02:05pm EST As the full Moon sets, the Sun is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. COVID-19 has already ravaged ground-based astronomy by ...

Satellite mega constellations are rapidly changing the way we see space. Thousands of satellites now orbit Earth, providing global internet access. While useful technologically, they pose serious ...