A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is giving astronomers a rare glimpse ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site. The observatory, thought to date to the sixth century B.C., was built with mud bricks and is ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have identified the country’s first recorded astronomical observatory, which, according to experts, is the “first and largest” discovery of its kind, Live Science reported. The ...

A new astronomical tool on Maunakea was given its official name, with the Hawaiian name "ʻŌnohiʻula" designated to the Subaru ...

The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs, and the ...

Acting like an "invisible lens," it causes signals to bend slightly and lag in the atmosphere, thereby affecting measurement accuracy. Accurately modeling and forecasting this delay has become an ...

The Very Large Array, located in New Mexico, is part of facility of the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory. (Bettymaya Foott, NRAO/AUI/NSF; available under Creative ...

Above the Paranal Observatory in Chile, a mesmerizing scene unfolds, Chilean astrophotographer Alexis Trigo captured the ...

The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), a partnership of the National Research Foundation (NRF) with the International Astronomical Union (IAU) under the Department of Science, Technology and ...

On a wooded knoll on private property in Lake Angelus — less than a mile from the Great Lakes Crossing shopping mall in Auburn Hills — stands a hidden landmark to the history of science, astronomy and ...