Satellite News

Centuries after Chinese and Japanese astronomers spotted a bright light in their skies, astronomers have pinned it to a stellar collision that unleashed a rare supernova 850 years ago.

The annual Ursae Minorid meteor shower which began on Jan. 15 peaks on Thursday, Jan. 19, with the meteors best seen when the constellation Ursa Minor is high above the horizon.

On Sunday (Jan. 22) at 5:13 p.m. EST (2213 GMT), Venus and Saturn will make a close approach in the night sky, known as an appulse, and will also be in conjunction.

Fast radio bursts are still a mystery, but new observations of this strange phenomenon may actually help astronomers learn more about our own galactic neighborhood.

A photo taken by Soumyadeep Mukherjee of Kolkata, India depicts what the photographer calls “Three Days in the Life of a Comet,” spanning from Dec. 27 to 29, 2022.

A new survey of the Milky Way’s galactic plane has revealed an incredible 3.32 billion cosmic objects, including towering gas clouds and billions of stars.

A physics student and ‘aurora chaser’ got a special treat after reserving a cabin in Iceland: A storm surge of green auroras shimmering in the sky just overhead.

A fire may have caused the first stage of ABL’s RS1 rocket to shut down during its debut liftoff on Jan. 10, company representatives say, but the investigation is ongoing.