I graduated from high school in 1960, well into the “Beat Russia” post-Sputnik era, and left for college thinking I’d major in chemistry. That fantasy died when I met my ...

The ISS feels impossibly far at 250 miles up, but lunar missions go 240,000 miles out - over 1000x the distance. It's a perspective shift that redefines what 'space travel' means.

Once tightly focused on those revolving around our sun, our understanding of planetary bodies has expanded significantly during the last 30 years to include in-depth studies of exoplanets. Despite ...

An asteroid hurtling through space could hit the moon in 2032 – and scientists are weighing how best to deal with it.

The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates with new data from dark-energy observatories. After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion ...

For decades, Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado Boulder has captivated audiences with its astronomy displays and laser light shows. Now, the planetarium is kicking off an ...

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The public can now download StarFall meteor detection software designed at Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory.

CLEMSON — Four Clemson University faculty received a grant to develop an artificial intelligence-driven virtual teaching assistant, providing graduate students support needed to succeed in the ...