As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host 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 ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

A supermassive black hole gobbled up a huge enormous star, producing the biggest and most distant black hole flare ever ...

The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth’s solar system.

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio ...

Press Release from The University of North Carolina Asheville: The University of North Carolina Asheville’s Department of Physics and Astronomy recently launched a new astronomy major — the first in ...

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...

A powerful new U.S.-funded telescope on a mountain in Chile is poised to transform the study of astronomy. A powerful new U.S.-funded telescope on a mountain in Chile is poised to transform the study ...