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Light pollution ruins dark skies. It’s a scourge that ground-based observatories have to deal with in one form or another. Scientists used a small observatory in Japan to measure what changed when a nearby town improve...

China launched three low Earth orbit broadband test satellites Friday, completing a record-breaking year for launches globally. The post Chinese satellite internet mission rounds off record year for global launches appea...

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters investigates the potential existence of Mars-sized free-floating planets (FFPs)--also known as rogue planets, starless planets, and wandering planets--that co...

With the end of 2023 comes the end of an endeavor -- or rather Endeavour -- as the retired NASA space shuttle goes off public view at the California Science Center for the next few years.

A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost continues to thaw due to climate change.

Here we've rounded up some of the best eclipse-themed places that lie on the path of totality for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.