As the great detective said, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the ...

Astronomers have finally identified the source of mysterious radio waves from deep space, tracing the signals back to an ...

The new initiative will help students in rural areas learn more about astronomy. Can it inspire the next generation of ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

AI tools are transforming how we observe the world around us — and even the stars beyond. Recently, an international team ...

Artistic illustration showing the radio pulses emitted by the binary star system: a white dwarf in orbit around a red dwarf. Credit Daniëlle Futselaar/artsource.nl In a breakthrough discovery, an ...

In the astronomy minor, you'll take foundational courses in planetary astronomy and stellar astronomy, which studies galaxies and star systems. You'll learn how to use a telescope for observation and ...

An uncropped image of UGC 5460. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Jacobson-Galán, A. Filippenko, J. Mauerha) For example, in 2015, astronomers watched the star SN 2015 explode as a "core ...

It was mere decades ago that the idea of space tourism — not just for astronauts and scientific research but for recreation — was the stuff of science fiction. Today, space travel for the ...