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The disk of gas that spirals onto a newborn magnetar wobbles, creating "bumps" in the brightness of the supernova that accompanied this object's birth.

Dozens on amateur astronomers helped measure the minuscule difference in Didymos’s trajectory around the Sun, after NASA’s DART mission impacted its moon.

While small galaxies are expected to have even smaller satellite galaxies, astronomers have found a surprising number of tiny companions around one dwarf galaxy.

The latest JWST images, along with archival images taken before the asteroid was even discovered, combine to refine its trajectory.

Bright Jupiter highlights the Gemini stick-figure twins standing on either side of it. Down below, the Winter Triangle balances on its Sirius point.

We live our lives in a blink of universal time.

The Vera Rubin Observatory is seeing 800,000 astronomical alerts per night — and that number will only increase.

Known as ASTERIS, the AI network removes noise from images to reveal features a full magnitude fainter than before.

Experts are concerned that the satellites could ruin dark skies, pollute the atmosphere, and worsen space debris. The public has a limited time to comment.

Stars have a hard time forming in the extreme environment around our Milky Way’s black hole. New data promises to explain why.

This month’s episode showcases the stars and planets visible on March evenings. First up: March 3rd’s predawn a total lunar eclipse! Then track down three planets after sunset, and savor the easy-to-spot Winter Triangle of bright stars.

Jupiter forms a T with the Moon, Pollux, and Castor on Friday February 27th. Low in the western twilight, Saturn and Venus close in on each other. And can you catch the total lunar eclipse on the morning of March 3rd?

A total eclipse of the Moon will be visible before dawn this Tuesday, March 3rd, from western North America. The eclipse happens on Tuesday evening for Australia and East Asia.

March opens with a spectacular total lunar eclipse. Our guide will help you make the most of it.

One of the largest known stars — a red supergiant — suddenly shrank and heated up, transforming into a different kind of star.

The solar cycle has ramped up, and it's a great time to photograph this captivating target.

A purely pragmatic look at the cost of doing it yourself.

Grinding your own mirror can be great fun - and result in an excellent telescope.

Your pretty pictures can contain valuable information.

Deep-sky astrophotography is rapidly evolving, and in some ways, the future is already here.

Taking special care of the stars in your astrophoto will make the entire image shine.