Though Wednesday’s launch was scrubbed due to bad weather, SpaceX plans on being the first private company in history to send astronauts into space. 

Astronomers just detected a new type of asteroid orbiting ahead of Jupiter—an asteroid with a comet’s tail. 

Astronomers have just detected unique pulsation patterns coming from young and chaotic stars—stars that were previously believed to only give off jumbled pulses.  

Astronomers may have finally discovered where some high-energy neutrinos come from—supermassive black holes. 

Astronomers have discovered a new hidden black hole in the HR 6819 system, and it's only 1,000 light-years from Earth.

After drawing some criticism and concern from multiple astronomy institutions, SpaceX has announced a plan to significantly reduce the visibility of their Starlink satellites.

The impact of the coronavirus is evident across the entire world, but how has it affected astronomy?

Fig 1  Comet 2I/Borisov  on December 10, 2019 taken with the CHI1 Telescope, El Sauce Observatory.

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a nova eruption, from its beginning to its end.

On April 24th, 2020, NASA and ESA celebrated the Hubble Telescopes 30th anniversary by capturing a stunning visible-light image of the ‘Cosmic Reef.’ The image showcases two colorful and Illustrious

After nearly a year of waiting for the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov to make its closest pass by the Sun, astronomers were finally able to uncover its composition—and it’s much different than expected.

Until a few weeks ago, the hopes of comet observers and astronomy enthusiasts in general around the world were placed on the comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS).