The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

The Orion Nebula is the closest large star-forming region, located within the Milky Way just 1,500 light-years from Earth.

Recent scientific breakthroughs include a detailed map of dark matter, a new Galileo satellite launch contract, an updated ...

The new Dobsonian telescope and free astronomy courses will help residents chart galaxies and their own cosmic curiosity ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uses near-infrared imaging to penetrate dust clouds, revealing the formation of massive ...

A company called Reflect Orbital wants to illuminate the Earth after sunset with orbital sky mirrors, raising alarm bells.

Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what we know about the universe. Surely, any picture taken of, say, ...

California firm Reflect Orbital plans 4,000 reflectors to beam light over cities and power sites, alarming astronomers and dark-sky advocates.

The shadow nebula LDN 1245 is located in the constellation Cassiopeia.

The idea sounds simple enough when reduced to its basics. Put reflective surfaces in orbit and redirect sunlight back to Earth after sunset. A Califor.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, UK scientists have found an atmosphere on a red hot planet 280 light years away, in the far stretches of the Milky Way.

The night sky could soon lose some of its natural darkness if a controversial space project moves forward. Reflect Orbital, a ...