From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...
Listening to bird songs and calls can help identify species and connect with the sounds of nature. An ornithologist provides ...
September's partial solar eclipse was not just caught by eager skywatchers on Earth but also by satellites orbiting high ...
Fomalhaut, the "Fall Star" or “Autumn Star,” shines low in southern skies this September. Once called a Royal Star, Saturn ...
A partial solar eclipse will grace the skies on September 21, 2025, though it won't be visible from India. Skywatchers in ...
A supermassive black hole lurking at the center of M87, a supergiant galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth, is acting far ...
A team of researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover 12 ancient black holes from 12.9 billion years ago.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly ...
The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...
University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...
At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.