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An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for possible camping locations in Quebec ended up spotting something far more unusual: evidence of a previously unrecognized impact crater.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

While Amazon has 392 satellites in space, according to data from astronomer Jonathan McDowell, only 315 are in the proper operational orbit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Among the higher-profile entries are “Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes,” a portrait of the Who guitarist and songwriter, and Nanette Burstein’s “Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff,” about the astronomer and science communicator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“When you have that level of anxiety over the clouds, it juices the experience,” Elliot Borgman, a 77-year-old retired astronomer from Lansdowne, Penn., told me over breakfast the morning after August’s eclipse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

In the years that followed there erupted a long-running dispute between Allan Sandage, heir to Hubble at Mount Wilson, and Gérard de Vaucouleurs, a French-born astronomer based at the University of Texas.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

By studying these streams, astronomers can learn more about how galaxies developed and how dark matter is distributed within them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Using that technique, astronomers looked for planets hidden inside the dusty disks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

That added sensitivity could help astronomers discover more planets during their earliest stages of formation and close one of the biggest observational gaps in exoplanet science.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

The new confirmation also resolves a question astronomers have been debating for about 10 years.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Ptolemaic astronomers were unable to agree on whether Venus was closer to the Earth than the sun.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton