Light pollution near observatories around the globe makes it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night,...
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New long-period radio transient discovered
XMM-Newton EPIC-PN image cutout of the field of ASKAP J1448−6856 showing a point source detected 2" away from the Meerkat...
Life could survive beneath the surface of Mars and other planets using high energy particles from space
Enceladus (Saturn's moon). Credit: NASA A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known...
Hubble spies swirling spiral NGC 3285B
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 3285B, a member of the Hydra I cluster of...
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
Baryon acoustic oscillations represent the sound of the Big Bang. Credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute, CC BY-SA Looking up at...
Primordial black holes could act as seeds for quasars
Infographic describing the best current theory on the evolution of PBHs. Credit: NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Plenty of groups have...
Hubble observations shed more light on the star formation history of a nearby ultra-diffuse galaxy
Density of red-giant branch stars in the M81 Group, revealing the global structure of its stellar halo and providing group...
What’s the lifetime of a Dyson megaswarm?
Artist's depiction of a Dyson swarm. Credit: Vedexent at Wikipedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license...
Researchers develop neural network for large-scale celestial object classification
Differences in SEDs, spectroscopic features, and spatial morphologies among various types of celestial objects. From top to bottom, the examples...
Scientists and engineers craft radio telescope bound for the moon
LuSEE-Night undergoes final assembly at the Space Sciences Laboratory, following the completion of all major components by Brookhaven Lab and...
