A new radio survey reveals that the Milky Way’s magnetic field is intricate, widespread, and deeply connected to how the galaxy is organized.

As global interest in space exploration grows, the cultural meaning of looking outward has shifted. In her recent work, Brittany Nelson approaches one of astronomy’s most advanced listening devices ...

Howdy, folks, and welcome back to the show. It wasn't easy to make the call. But it was worse out in the cold, so I got over it and dialed ...

NASA is quietly entertaining one of the most audacious telescope concepts ever proposed: using the Sun itself as a giant lens ...

India has unveiled plans to build two new optical-infrared telescopes and a dedicated solar telescope in the Himalayan desert region of Ladakh. The three new facilities, expected to cost INR 35bn ...

A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on ...

A distant black hole tore apart a star and then stayed active for years, emitting powerful energy that continues to grow.

Astronomy and commercial space are often portrayed as being on a collision course, yet their futures are deeply intertwined. As satellite constellations expand, astronomers raise concerns about trails ...

Scientists hope to probe the nature of general relativity through a possible pulsar found in the center of the Milky Way, ...

For 11 years, the VLA Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment, known as VLITE, has quietly recorded the low-frequency radio sky every time the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA) ...

Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman on Wednesday named an interim chancellor for UW-Madison, filling a vacancy ...

Follow-up observations with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and new data from Parkes and the Green ...