The search for interstellar visitors has taken an unexpected turn. While previous discoveries like ‘Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov proved that objects from beyond our solar system can pass through, new ...

Optical atomic clocks can increase the precision of time and geographic position a thousandfold in our mobile phones, ...

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As sunlight filters through the trees and the soft hum of conversation fills the air, you sit in a café, cradling a warm cup ...

PeV — has been detected by the underwater KM3NeT telescope, marking a pivotal moment in astrophysics. This tiny but powerful ...

Fifth-year Yale astronomy doctoral candidate Emma Louden GRD ’26 co-authored an illustrated children’s story to inspire the ...

The night sky is an object of fascination for many, and the Princeton community is no exception. On select nights throughout ...

Early-career scholars recognized for pioneering work in statistics, physics, chemistry, astrophysics and computer science ...

A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Astronomers used a 3D global computer model to compare the climates of exoplanets in different stellar and orbital configurations. They found that a planet orbiting a white dwarf star would offer a ...