Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Colorado Boulder have directly observed, for the first time, ...

Four dead stars have been hiding in Earth’s cosmic backyard, unnoticed for decades despite lying within just 65 light-years ...

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Physics and astronomy students visited Great Basin Observatory to connect classroom research with hands-on experiences in ...

This week I want to take you to the maternity ward of stellar birth. Since stars, including our sun, are basically huge balls ...

Rochester has moved forward with an ambitious effort to ensure that every child has regular access to nature, not only in ...

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With the Northern Hemisphere's "Milky Way galaxy season" underway, Michigan residents will have the chance to see the center ...

Here’s how to see the year’s most-intense meteor shower, a blood-red lunar eclipse and Saturn’s refreshed rings this summer.

Imagine living 250 years ago! The year is 1776. There would have been no computers, cellphones, televisions or electricity. Early Americans spent time gazing at the beautiful and dark night sky. They ...

Backyard astronomers will be able to use their telescopes to focus in on a massive cosmic visitor when it "skims" past Earth this weekend. On June 27 especially, a large asteroid known as (152637) ...