Astronomers Uncover Statistical Evidence for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes
Galactic collisions are events of breathtaking proportions. The Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) at their centers plunge into a chaotic orbital dance that event...
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Galactic collisions are events of breathtaking proportions. The Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) at their centers plunge into a chaotic orbital dance that event...
On a clear, moonless autumn night, away from city lights, the patch of sky between the constellations Andromeda and Cassiopeia contains a faint, fuzzy smudge th...
The prototype ngVLA antenna tested its systems by observing and tracking the Crab Nebula, also known as Taurus A (3C144), the remnant of an exploded star.
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
Drifting through the Milky Way may be billions, and on some estimates trillions, of rogue planets: worlds bound to no star, some flung out of the systems where ...
The hottest giant planets in the galaxy should, in theory, have the fastest winds.
The June solstice will occur on Sunday, June 21, 2026, marking the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest in the Southern Hemispher...
How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves
Watch the second full moon in the month of May light up the Bay Area skies as it rises over the Bay Bridge.
Manhattan's rectangular grid creates a beautiful spectacle four times a year.
The universe is full of fascinating structures, and some of the most striking take shape inside the giant clouds where stars are born. There, streams of gas app...
See Venus, Jupiter and Mercury gather in June 2026 as the month's brightest planets light up the evening and morning sky.
See spectacular photos of the Blue Moon, the rare second full moon of the month, captured by skywatchers worldwide.
Just a few years ago, a strange signal was received from the plane of the Milky Way.
Astronomy Now - June 2026 English | 100 pages | PDF | 63.5 MB
The moon rose at about 20:36 and will remain visible throughout the night, until the early hours of Monday 1 June
It’s 2234, you’re on your annual class field trip touring exoplanets, and your teacher informs everyone they can pick one more exoplanetary system to explor...
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30433: A Consistent Implementation of Cluster Strong Lensing in Cosmological Simulation Light Cones
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30477: Simultaneous modeling of FeII emission in the optical and near-infrared in a prototypical Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30489: Multi-Scale Magnetic Field Observations Reveal how Colliding Flows Trigger Star Formation
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31450: Frequency-time-resolved Imaging Spectroscopy of Fine Structures in a Solar Radio Noise Storm
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31523: Mind the Companion : Demographics of Transiting S-type Exoplanets
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31528: Harmonics as a Hidden Window into the Turbulent Convective Envelope of non-Blazhko RRab Stars
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31566: Insights on the Gamma-Ray Bursts variability in their cosmological rest frame
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31600: Gravitational Waves from hybrid defects as probe of Flavor symmetry breaking: Machine-Learning Approach
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30422: Millicharged Particle Constraints from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
In recent decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has seen a revival, and future surveys will benefit from new technologies. Similarly, our...
The Moon looks white in the night sky, sometimes silver, sometimes yellow or orange when it sits low on the horizon. The casual impression is of a bright object...
In 2019, astronomers recorded a distant star doing something unexpected.
Longtime EarthSky writer – our own beloved Bruce McClure – loved cycles! Here’s one involving the moon … 2 full moons only in a season A “season” ...