Here is a look at just a few of the biggest developments in astronomy that The Debrief has been tracking in 2025.

From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet ...

The biggest buzz in ground-based astronomy these days is the soon to be completed Rubin Observatory and its forthcoming wide field Large Synoptic Sky Survey. From a lonely mountaintop in northern ...

Astronomy studies celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth. Astronomy degrees offer specializations like cosmology, planetary science, and stellar astrophysics. Astronomers use telescopes, math, ...

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organised by multiple space agencies—and increasingly by commercial companies—are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade.

Astronomy on Tap ATX is partnering with C. L. Butaud for Astronomy Uncorked. It’s November. The days are getting shorter and colder. We just turned back our clocks. But what is this thing we call time ...

The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...

June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we're ...

At a solar observatory in the Maya city of Xochicalco, in Mexico, sunlight passed through a disk at ground level and shined down a long hole into a cavern below, allowing observers to track the sun’s ...

Under the careful scrutiny of increasing numbers of scientists around the world, astronomy’s newest sensation—the pulsars—continued to beep away last week, confounding observers with the breathtaking ...