Astronomy

By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the exotic objects that mimic them

By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the exotic objects that mimic them

This novel idea could become an important piece of a future moon economy.

This Unistellar eVscope 2 is one of the best smart telescopes for easy observation of the night sky and it's $570 off for Father's Day

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies this weekend as northern lights might be possible at mid-latitudes.

One region of the continent saw a 22% decline in emperor penguin numbers over 15 years.

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Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) brief journalists on the key decisions made during the ESA Council meeting held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 11–12 June 2025.

SpaceX's private Dragon spacecraft was treated to a stunning view in the night sky under June's full moon.

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"There's no way for us to operate such a complex facility."

A new brain-computer interface turns thoughts into singing and expressive speech in real time

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes combined

Our skin’s epithelial cells send electrical signals like neurons to cry out for help

Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb showed how small, cheap drones can be smuggled into a country and used against expensive military hardware. Now, there are concerns that nations like the US and UK aren't ready to defend against a similar attack

Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb showed how small, cheap drones can be smuggled into a country and used against expensive military hardware. Now, there are concerns that nations like the US and UK aren't ready to defend against a similar attack

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the smallest brown dwarfs ever seen with the potential to form planets and surrounded by mysterious molecules.

"These first images are astonishing, but the best is still yet to come."

The COSMOS scientific collaboration has released the largest map of the Universe ever created. It contains almost 800,000 galaxies, some from the Universe's earliest times. The map challenges some of our ideas about the early Universe.

What we have now just…isn't going to cut it. Right now if you want power in space you essentially have two options: solar panels, and a kind of nuclear power called radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

Computers have been involved in spaceflight since almost the very beginning. Just like on the Earth, computers aid in a variety of tasks, like navigation and communication. But unfortunately, space is really, really unkind to electronics.