#astronomy

One night can change your life.

Anthropogenic signals are a huge problem in radio astronomy.

They actually have some advantages over a telescope.

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to minimal levels, but its extraordinarily close approach will offer astronomers the chance to examine it in detail ...

Definitely maybe but probably not ...

Photo credit: Andrew McCarthy Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured this 400-megapixel photo of the Andromeda Galaxy using two 12-inch telescopes, with one of them being set up at a remote location in central Texas, far from light pollution. ...

A team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery: a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) coming from the edge of a very old, dead galaxy that is around 11 ...

Located around 900 light-years away in the Puppis constellation, Tylos orbits its parent star at an absurdly close distance, completing a full "year" in just 30 hours ...

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Scientists are closely monitoring 2024 YR4 - it reminds us of the dangers lurking in space, says associate professor of planetary science Carrie Nugent ...