Dwarf planet Ceres now appears less like a dead rock and more like a world that may have briefly brimmed with potential for ...

Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the ...

Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered ...

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

By studying astronomy, their appreciation of science as a whole is likely to grow, even if astronomy itself is not their life passion. At the end of the day, you really need physics and calculus to ...

A quick and engaging overview of Earth Science, the multidisciplinary field that studies our planet and its place in the universe. Earth Science is divided into three main areas of study: astronomy, ...

Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

The brightest fast radio burst ever detected could help reveal what celestial source causes the mysterious signals and if ...

Kim Larbey and Barrett Lee (right) started the UNK Astronomy Club with support from faculty members like Adam Jensen and Brandon Marshall, the club’s adviser, pictured at left.

Astronomers have long investigated the effects of totality on the animal kingdom. Results vary from eclipse to eclipse and location to location, leaving one to wonder just what specific aspects of ...