Research records wind blasting out at 19% speed of light as X-ray burst from supermassive black hole rapidly igniting ...

Satellites reflect sunlight, Earthshine, infrared and radio waves.

Texas Tech assistant professor Elias Aydi led an international team of astronomers in publishing new findings on how stellar explosions, called novae, unfold. Using a high-resolution imaging technique ...

The spacecraft had measured a surprisingly strong electron radiation belt during a flyby of Uranus, which had remained a ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

PASADENA, Calif.--The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists who study the outer reaches of space are about to get some space of their own with the official opening of the Cahill ...

Recent research challenges the prevailing theory that hot Jupiters (gas giants orbiting close to their stars) form through a disruptive process that prevents the existence of smaller planets in the ...

The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings from the James Webb Space Telescope. When you purchase through links on our ...

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

As International Astronomy Day approaches on May 18, it stands as a beacon calling stargazers of all backgrounds to come together in celebration of the cosmos. This annual event serves as a reminder ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

A long-exposure image of the Orion Nebula with a total exposure time of 208 minutes showing satellite trails in mid-December 2019. Credit: A. H. Abolfath/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA WASHINGTON — Legislation ...