The longest-duration burst of gamma rays on record might mark the moment a black hole tunneled through a star and blew it up from within.
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After checking out the two binocular comets right after dark this week, catch a double shadow transit on Jupiter and the late-night Orionid meteors.
Circumstances are ideal for watching debris from Halley's Comet set the morning sky ablaze.
Sky & Telescope’s 2025 “Galileo’s Italy” tour offered much more than sightseeing, as participants enjoyed multiple opportunities to stand on astronomical hallowed ground.
Precise measurements of stars’ motions show that a wave is propagating outward from our galaxy’s center — perhaps from a long-ago collision with another galaxy.
Never caught a double shadow transit on Jupiter? This week offers several chances. Meanwhile, Cassiopeia stands high and the Little Dipper leans over.
Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.
Astronomers discovered a small, free-floating object that’s accreting matter at a breakneck pace, suggesting that some planet-size worlds could form similar to stars.
The experience of truly dark skies is one that no one should miss.
While civil servants are furloughed or working without pay, funding for NASA remains uncertain.
It's Harvest Moon week, when the Moon shines low and bright at nightfall for many days running. Along the way it passes edge-on Saturn.
Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet will aim a suite of instruments at Comet 3I/ATLAS to capture details about this enigmatic object.
After a dearth of bright comets earlier this year, we look forward to an exciting month ahead.
Pegasus is a large, distinctive constellation that’s easy to spot. During October, you can use it — along with Saturn — to find some amazing celestial sights in their vicinity. Get all the details lots more stargazing info by downloading this month’s Sky Tour podcast!
A fight against conventionality has driven cosmologist Stephon Alexander on a groundbreaking journey through theoretical physics.
Primordial chemistry might destroy most of the water on sub-Neptunes; if so, there could be far fewer “water worlds” than previously thought.
VIPER, a water-seeking rover, has gotten a new lease on life, with a new launch vehicle and lander announced by NASA.
The waxing crescent Moon crosses Scorpius on its way to a meetup with Saturn, while the Moon's own sunrise line unveils more and more lunar lands for telescopes.
A new heliophysics mission seeks to unlock the secrets of the region where the solar wind collides with cosmic radiation.
The discovery of a rare Einstein Cross — five images of the same galaxy — reveals a trillion-solar-mass dark matter clump.
An Australian amateur has discovered a binocular nova on the first day of fall, visible to viewers in the Southern Hemisphere.

