Research teams from the UK, USA, Sweden, and other nations have successfully unraveled the origin of globular clusters, a puzzle that has troubled astronomers for centuries, through high-precision ...

Aug. 26 marked the 140th anniversary of McKim Observatory’s First Light. An observatory’s “First Light” signifies when a ...

Pfalzner's models show that interstellar objects — bodies ejected from other star systems — could be captured by these planet-forming disks. These objects could "seed" the disks, sweeping past the ...

Biology class just got a lot more engaging for students at Arizona State University Polytechnic, where students are using ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, the University of Warwick, and the Canary Islands ...

James Kakalios is a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught ...

A renowned physical chemist whose work explores the fleeting moments of chemical reactions and the ultrafast movements of electrons will headline the 7th annual Grayson H.

Students can now reach for the stars, literally, through the new astronomy major at the University of North Carolina at ...

The mystery of the James Webb Space Telescope's "little red dots" could be solved if they are not ancient galaxies but are ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Gary passed away at home in Tehachapi at the age of 73. He was a man with wide interests, ranging from astronomy, theater and ...