The popular belief that European astronomy from the late Middle Ages and early Modern Age was more advanced than that of ...

Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...

Raised in the Lutheran church, Tycho was led to believe that the earth was the center of the universe, but his carefully ...

One of the youngest supernova remnants in our galaxy, Cassiopeia A glows with the energy of a star’s final breath.

A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about ...

Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer discovered what appeared to be the “asteroid”, designated 2018 CN41, that appeared to be passing very close to Earth. When it came within less than ...

In a twist, the space community briefly thought they’d discovered an unusual object zipping through space. But the reality turned out to be far more terrestrial. In 2018, Elon Musk’s SpaceX ...

"If I’m being honest, Daksh isn’t as keen about the results as he is about the process of something. Once he got interested in astronomy, I knew he would want to see it through no matter the results," ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

I almost concluded it was an actual NEO and stopped looking, but I asked around on the Minor Planet Mailing List just to erase my final doubts" G told Astronomy. It was then that Jonathan McDowell ...

In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei used the newly invented telescope to show that the Milky Way was composed of a huge number of faint stars. For the next 300 years, astronomers assumed that the ...