University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

Multi-year Event Horizon Telescope observations capture evolving polarization patterns around the supermassive black hole and reveal radio emission from the jet base.

Event Horizon Telescope observations capture evolving polarization patterns around the supermassive black hole at the center ...

Researchers, including a Rutgers astronomer, reveal new insights into a star's death in its final momentsA team of scientists, including Rutgers-New ...

WORTHINGTON — Want to see the star-filled night sky up close through a telescope? Here’s your chance! The Minnesota West Community and Technical College Worthington campus will host the sixth annual ...

US Naval Research Laboratory scientists have successfully trained an Astrobee zero-gravity robot to fly in space without human interference.

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.

That’s precisely why Timothy Brewster, an organometallic chemist at the University of Memphis, thought it would be best to ...

Watch the stargazing tips video for Earth’s skies, providing valuable guidance for beginners.

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...