The observatory, opened in 1968, stands between vast swathes of forestland and habitations on Tiruvannamalai-Tirupattur border. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi named it after astronomer Vainu Bappu in ...

Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts originate from either the merger of two neutron stars or the collapse of a ...

An upgrade to one of Australia's most capable radio telescopes is allowing astronomers to hunt for fast radio bursts (FRBs) ...

Katherine Laliotis is a freelance science writer and Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics. She often covers stories at the intersection of science and society.

Earth's unusual orbit through hot and cold conditions tests the limits of tolerability for any known lifeforms.

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

On this date, President John F. Kennedy provides NASA with its strongest advocate for large space telescopes, James Webb ...

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

I was completely thrown for a loop. I thought I was hallucinating for a second,’ a Jewish student enrolled in the class tells ...

Elon Musk's opening remarks during the Tesla earnings call clocked in at 25 minutes, and the CEO ended them by saying Tesla is the indisputable leader in AI and is so far ahead that he'd need a ...

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.