An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

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 ...

A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the ...

But how well do you really know the difference between astronomy—the study of celestial objects and phenomena—and astrology, ...

Thousands of scientists from around the world are gathered in Maryland this week to discuss new discoveries about the universe and the latest astronomical advancements during the so-called "Super Bowl ...

Earlier evidence pointing to ancient microbial life on the red planet hasn’t held up.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Chilean astronomer has become dedicated to battling light pollution in the Atacama Desert and preserve what is considered ...

Numbers of staff and postgraduate students in astronomy, solar system science and geophysics in the 2023, 2016 and 2010 surveys. Women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly ...