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The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

Astronomy studies celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth. Astronomy degrees offer specializations like cosmology, planetary science, and stellar astrophysics. Astronomers use telescopes, math, ...

In this video, a nuclear engineer reacts to the Kurzgesagt video "Astronomy is in Crisis and It's Exciting," providing insight into the challenges faced by the field of astronomy. The video discusses ...

The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array) radio telescope, located in theChilean Andes, has long been a key tool for astronomers seeking to understand the universe’s most distant and ...

Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe" is for dark matter.

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Radio astronomy has a pollution problem. Satellites thousands of kilometers overhead, designed to broadcast communications or ...

Night sky update for December 17, 2025, covering the moon phase, visible planets, meteor showers, and key space and astronomy news from today ...