Observation of the night sky, before the advent of satellites, was assumed to be free of the artificial bright points that ...

A new study analyzing historical photographs taken by the Palomar Observatory between 1949 and 1957 has detected several ...

Researchers poured over historical photographs in search of "transients"—short-lived flashes of light of the night sky.

The flashes of light were taken during the Palomar Sky Survey, a project that mapped the northern sky between 1949 and 1958.

That’s exactly what researchers at the Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations project (VASCO) are ...

A new study investigates strange bursts of light captured in old astronomical photos, suggesting they may link to both UFO sightings and Cold War nuclear testing.

Londoners reported seeing an atmospheric phenomenon that formed a spiral and an “S” shape in the sky on the evening of Nov. 4 ...

Two new papers delve into mysterious lights and objects that were observed in the sky years before the first satellite ...

Idaho, a state known for its picturesque landscapes, has recently been drawing attention for a different reason: strange sky ...

Data show that unidentified lights in archival astronomy images were 68% more likely to be imaged 24 hours after a nuclear ...

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