When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but also the black space between them—literally space, in this case. Given that you can see stars and that the sky is ...

This striking satellite photo shows 10 swirling "dark voids" that appeared above an uninhabited volcanic island in the Indian Ocean. The black spots are the result of atmospheric cloud vortices, but ...

Have you ever wondered why the night sky is dark? 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 ...

The darkness of the night sky results from the finite, expanding universe, where light from distant stars has not yet reached ...

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Recently, a large radio telescope detected low frequency radio waves from dozens of Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. These unintended signals emanating from the onboard electronics could ...