Aya Batrawy is an NPR International Correspondent. She leads NPR's Gulf bureau in Dubai. She joined NPR in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.

Feb. 27, 2025 — Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly the angular size of the full Moon. What ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...