The only major difference between the sun and the stars we see at night is that the sun happens to be close to us—which is advantageous, assuming you enjoy being alive. Astronomers enjoy this as well ...
Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they may not have considered before.
If you've ever tried to capture the magic of a full moon only to find sad, unimpressive blobs in your camera roll (it's me), then you know: Smartphones just aren't up to to astrophotography. Until now ...
Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...
On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA's new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, ...