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Reflect Orbital satellites could roast the night sky!
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 by Richard Harris
Are you kidding me? As if the ever-growing wall of light pollution from every city, streetlight, and LED billboard wasn’t already bad enough, now we’ve got a startup that wants to beam sunlight back down to Earth at night. Reflect Orbital - backed by Sequoia Capital and Baij...
Gemini North telescope reveals Betelgeuse companion
Saturday, July 26, 2025 by Richard Harris
Astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse using the NASA and U.S. National Science Foundation-funded ‘Alopeke instrument on Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the NSF and operated by NSF NOIRLab. Th...
RAS Award nominations for 2026 now open
Thursday, June 26, 2025 by Richard Harris
The Royal Astronomical Society has officially opened the nomination period for its 2026 Awards, offering scientists, educators, and public outreach professionals the opportunity to be recognized for their exceptional contributions to astronomy and geophysics. Among the accolades available is the Soc...
COSMOS-Web unveils deep universe map
Friday, June 13, 2025 by Richard Harris
The COSMOS-Web team has released the largest contiguous view of the deep universe ever captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), unveiling an unprecedented catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies now available to the global scientific community. As the most expansive General Observer program of ...