A new study has looked into the so-called "red sky paradox" and the puzzling observation that intelligent life has sprung up ...

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So how many stars are there? Given all of the above, astronomers estimate that the Milky Way contains around 100 billion stars, and there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

Doesn’t seem like much of a brainteaser, does it? Everyone knows the sky darkens at night because the sun sets … or more accurately, because our part of planet Earth rotates away from the sun, and ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its decade-long survey to scan the entire night sky every three days. To do this, it ...

Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...

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The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...

Pulsars could be helping scientists distinguish between gravitational waves caused by supermassive black hole collisions and ...

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For their part, MSU has been pushing campus in the wrong direction with recent infrastructure developments. Looking at local ...