When the biggest geomagnetic storm in 20 years hit Earth in May 2024, photographer Kavan Chay was in Tumbledown Bay, New ...

Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very ...

Astronomers have discovered a tiny, ghostly galaxy in a remote corner of the universe, likely a cosmic castaway flung from ...

Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves proved a ...

Astronomers have used an X-ray spacecraft called XRISM to observe powerful winds blowing from a neutron star — the findings ...

A rare solar eclipse is set to occur on September 22, following a lunar eclipse just 15 days earlier — both during the sacred Hindu period of Pitru Paksha. While the eclipse won’t be visible in India, ...

Oconee County resident Susan Vizurraga has written an historical fiction novel on a little-known female astronomer.

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

As Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bonn has now succeeded in measuring these fluctuations in ...

Telescopes on the National Mall tonight will give people a chance to see the stars and experience the largest astronomy outreach event in the United States.

Dr. Gregory Feiden, a University of North Georgia (UNG) professor of astronomy, and his research group have spent the past ...