Astronomers detect lowest mass dark object ever measured using gravitational lensing

Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich ...

Scientists point to radio bright galaxies — and change their search for aliens

Brian Lacki has released a set of three prepublication studies attempting to rationalize and measure the odds of a ...
Max Planck Society

Mysterious dark object in space

Discovery: An international team has discovered a dark object in the distant universe that has one million times the mass of ...

Scientists capture the first-ever photos of twin black holes circling each other 5 billion light-years away

Astronomers have captured the first radio image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other within the quasar OJ287, ...

An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a ...

After Decades of Searching, Scientists Make a Major Breakthrough in the Mystery Surrounding Our Galaxy’s Black Hole

For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they ...

From a 3.5 km Walk to a Spaceflight Dream — Aditi’s Journey to NASA

Aditi Parthe from Pune’s Zilla Parishad school has been selected for a NASA tour. Hailing from a humble background, the reality feels unimaginable for her. Read Aditi's full story here., Education, Ti ...
Los Angeles Times

The librarian who became Palomar’s first female telescope operator, and who discovered her own comets

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jean Mueller became Palomar Observatory’s first female telescope operator in 1985, breaking decades-old gender ...

Watch this rare ISS footage of SpaceX Starlink satellites lining up

The footage, captured by Pettit during a recent visit to the International Space Station (ISS), clearly shows a number of Starlink satellites in a long line (the so-called train) as the orbital ...
Scientific American

NASA’s First-Ever Alien-Hunting Space Telescope Could Enlighten Our New Dark Age

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earth-like planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...
Hackaday

Radio Astronomy In The Palm Of Your Hand

When you think of a radio telescope, you usually think of a giant dish antenna pointing skyward. But [vhuvanmakes] built Wavy-Scope, a handheld radio telescope that can find the Sun and the Moon, ...
Yahoo

The librarian who became Palomar's first female telescope operator, and who discovered her own comets

More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory scanning the night sky, trying to time the exact moment to close the dome.