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

Sifting through the noise of space is no easy task, even for astrophysicists. But a new grant from the National Science ...

"When we saw the results, it actually fitted this long-standing question of how these hypervelocity white dwarfs formed. It was super cool." ...

A groundbreaking study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has revealed that the supermassive black hole at the center of ...

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

Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of ...

That appears to be changing, with adjustments to the astronomy curriculum that faculty believe will make an astronomy minor more accessible to students with a deep interest in the subject but a ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy on March 21 details for the first time the carbon footprint of astronomical research.

These concepts are key in the study of astronomy, Petit said, because “it can be hard to wrap your mind around how big and how vast the distances are.” The module format for these assignments is ...

The astronomy immersion provides students with the opportunity for additional study in astronomy in order to build a secondary area of expertise in support of their major or other areas of interest.

Yet, alongside the scientific study of the cosmos, there exists another, more ancient tradition—the practice of astrology. While astronomy seeks to understand the physical nature of celestial bodies, ...