The phenomenon, known as luminous fast blue optical transients or LFBOTs, comes in the form of short, bright flashes of light ...

In 2005, researchers at the University of Tokyo proposed that some elements from Earth's upper atmosphere might have escaped ...

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At the UW, hundreds apply each year for the astronomy department’s graduate program, and a maximum of seven are accepted. But for the next year, they won’t be accepting any graduate students, due to ...

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An astronomer at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has captured what is believed to be the first video recording of a lunar impact flash made from the island of Ireland.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to our world Dec. 19. According to NASA, people will be able to ...

University of Hawaiʻi scientists use AI to create a 3D map of the Sun's magnetic field, aiding space weather forecasting.

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile has released its final batch of data after 15 years — and it proves that the Hubble ...

Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and UCLA will develop a next-generation instrument for detecting and ...