For as long as humans have walked the Earth, the great endless sky and the countless stars that fill it have left us in a ...

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

Ejnar Hertzsprung (b. 1873) initially trained as a chemical engineer before commencing his significant astronomical work in 1901. He independently identified the distinct dwarf and giant stellar ...

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy ...

From the sea to the stars, two University of Delaware doctoral students — one studying the ocean and the other the cosmos — are charting new frontiers as part of NASA’s next generation of scientists.

The method, developed by researchers at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, uses images of dune surfaces to estimate ...

Did your Zodiac sign actually change? A recent New York Times report indicated Zodiac signs may be “out of date” and “your sign might not be what you think.” But what’s the reasoning behind it? “So ...

Karen Wigen is Frances and Charles Field Professor in History at Stanford University. Speaking with Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, she discusses th ...

Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high ...

High above Earth, satellites like the European Union's Copernicus Sentinel-2 watch and track storms such as Hurricane Melissa ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

Plasma ejections from young stars may offer valuable insights into the Sun’s early history. Most of the time, we hardly ...