A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%, a new study has ...

This year, LIGO’s detection hits a 10-year-old milestone of its discovery. Faculty and staff from UTRGV and legacy ...

What is the source of dark matter and how can astronomers identify it? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as an int | Space ...

Nine people are crammed in a tiny room with no ceiling on the grounds of Kitt Peak National Observatory. It’s cold. It’s dark. Each person awaits a turn at the eyepiece of a 20-inch telescope trained ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from, including world-class observatories and six Dark Sky parks. Tucson’s new ...

A UN Working Group released draft principles for governing space resource activities, primarily focusing on lunar mining, aiming to reconcile the 1967 Outer Space Treaty's principles of free access ...