Astronomers have recently made an extraordinary discovery that brings a new layer of complexity to our understanding of the ...

The Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) has reaffirmed the country’s growing leadership in Africa’s space ...

The footage, captured by Pettit during a recent visit to the International Space Station (ISS), clearly shows a number of Starlink satellites in a long line (the so-called train) as the orbital ...

On Sept. 26, Washburn University’s physics and astronomy department celebrated the achievements of Steven G. Black, previous chair of physics and astronomy. When Black retired in 2018, Karen Camarda, ...

The early universe was already warm before reionization, revealing that the first stars did not flicker on in an icy cosmos.

At first glance, it looks like an uneven smudge. But when astronomers enhanced the image, sharp edges appeared — two distinct ...

G eorge Smoot, who won a Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in the "discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation” in 2006, has died at home at the age ...

Astronomy news today is packed with discoveries about the Sun, including tiny solar loops and hidden engines that drive solar ...

This year, LIGO’s detection hits a 10-year-old milestone of its discovery. Faculty and staff from UTRGV and legacy ...

Our eyes are tuned to only a tiny proportion of the electromagnetic spectrum, but it’s where the Sun is brightest.

According to data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the origins of the free-flying photons in the early cosmic ...