One of the brightest stars in the Andromeda galaxy quietly collapsed into a black hole without any of the fanfare of a spectacular supernova. What makes this startling discovery even more remarkable ...

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Ethiopia continues to serve as a living sanctuary for humanity’s oldest intellectual pursuit, astronomy, preserving a deep and diverse celestial heritage that remains relevant in the modern scientific ...

The UK government is set to slash its funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics by 30 percent in a move branded as ...

On September 1, 1859, Carrington was observing the Sun when he witnessed the most powerful event ever recorded. It bears his ...

Last week AES Andes—a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, an American energy company—announced it had scrapped its plans for a ...

After a year of protests from astronomers, authorities have abandoned plans for a giant, light-polluting renewable-energy ...

A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming ...

Bengaluru’s IIA said in a statement that the announcement will offer a big push for ‘building large next-generation telescope ...

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.