Astronomer news and milestones

A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and

Mathematical texts from a Maya site in Guatemala identify an astronomer called Sak Tahn Waax.

Avi Loeb's White House panel has asked the Pentagon for videos and files on unexplained aerial sightings

Orbital data from asteroid 2001 CA21 points to a potential 153-day round-trip journey to Mars.

Your AI isn't broken, your data context is; you need solid data engineering to bridge the gap between a smart model and a reliable, real-world business agent.

A Galway astronomer has led an international research team that has discovered a new planet, estimated to be five million years old and ten times the mass of Jupiter.

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Ethan Batraski speaks with Astronomer CEO Pete DeJoy several months into taking the helm at the company he cofounded over 8 years ago. They discuss the company's journey from the…

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2026-02-13 Where AI differentiation actually comes from

The real AI edge isn't the model - it's how well it understands your business, fits into daily work and runs on your unique data.

2026-02-08 GreenOps Astronomer: Workflow orchestration is the hygiene layer a data team needs

2026-02-17 Data Engineer Things Newsletter - Data Pulse Edition (Feb 2026)

A non-traditional path into data and how frustration with monolithic BI tools became a career in building them

ADWEEK asked creative leaders to name the campaigns that made them jealous in 2025.

2025-12-03 Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2026

2025-10-14 Astronomer Launches Astro Private Cloud to Increase Deployment Flexibility of Airflow-as-a-Service for the Most Sensitive Workloads

The viral kiss-cam moment could be the best thing that's ever happened to Astronomer. But its new CEO won't say that.

Prof Michele Dougherty, first woman to hold position, is upbeat about role of private sector in space exploration

Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

The company at the heart of the Coldplay 'kiss cam' scandal has released a video featuring the ex-wife of Chris Martin.

Tech News : Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigned following a cheating scandal with HR head Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay event. The company's board accepted Byron's r

Astronomer's interim CEO, Pete DeJoy, said in an update that the startup had "received a level of media attention that few companies" ever encounter.

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned after a viral video appeared to show him embracing a colleague at a Coldplay show.

2025-06-04 DBTA 100 2025: The Companies That Matter Most in Data

Mira Murati and Andreessen Horowitz are working on a funding round that could set a new standard for

Astronomer secures $93 million in Series D funding to solve the AI implementation gap through data orchestration, helping enterprises streamline complex workflows and operational…

An astronomer breaks down 3 key components that allow researchers to make groundbreaking discoveries - and decide when results aren't significant.

Open-source data orchestration gets a major rewrite to help support inference and enterprise AI

Astronomer launches Astro Observe, an AI-powered data observability platform that combines orchestration and monitoring.

2025-02-13 AI's biggest obstacle? Data reliability. Astronomer's new platform tackles the challenge

Only 48% of digital initiatives meet or exceed their business outcome targets, but the successful ones seem to have one big thing in common.

2024-10-22 The secret to successful digital initiatives is pretty simple, according to Gartner