Space astronomy has been peddled as a way out of light pollution on the earth, but there is yet another form of glow that is accompanying the telescopes. With the spacecraft around low Earth orbit ...

Learn how expanding satellite megaconstellations in low Earth orbit could introduce widespread light pollution into space telescope observations.

Using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Chinese astronomers have observed a gamma-ray binary system known as PSR ...

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory temporarily halts science operations to reduce orbital drag, preparing for a commercial reboost mission with Katalyst Space Technologies.

Planned launch of 500,000 satellites could spoil about one in three Hubble images, even when the telescope stays above Earth's weather.

How space telescopes capture distant galaxies using infrared imaging, precision optics, and astronomy technology beyond Earth's atmosphere.

The recent involvement of private companies in space exploration continues to have very interesting effects on an industry that, until not long ago, was the exclusive playground of governments. Aside ...

According to Michele Bannister, there are a myriad of these little worlds in our Solar System as of now. We simply cannot see them yet because we are not seeing faintly. The difference between that ...

Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...