This is the alarm being sounded by astronomers around the world: artificial light pollution is wiping this darkness from the ...

For thousands of years, humanity viewed the skies as unchanging, except for a few "wandering stars" (that we now know are planets). As we improved our ability to perceive the cosmos with ...

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this month despite moonlight interference. Best viewing from Aug 16–26 with darker skies and ...

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a dozen dormant (or affectionately called “sleeping beauty”) galaxies, ancient ...

Share giggles and gasps with a gloomy teen who is stunned to discover that her mum was once a teenager too, creep, crawl, ...

U-M astronomers are helping study a fast-moving, ancient, and massive comet that formed beyond our galaxy. A group of ...

A recent breakthrough in astronomical research,published in Nature Astronomy, has provided a detailed glimpse into the ...

The most distant fast radio burst ever observed, originating from a time when the universe was just three billion years old, ...

The Imperial mammoth, the giant ground sloth, the saber-toothed cat – these creatures actually lived here during the Pleistocene epoch. Their metal counterparts serve as a reminder of California’s ...

In a galaxy far, far, far away, astronomers have found the oldest black hole in the universe, thought to have formed less ...

Foamhenge stands proudly in Natural Bridge, Virginia, offering visitors a chance to experience prehistoric wonder without the hassle of international travel or those pesky “please don’t touch the ...

I’m hearing about the “Dog Days” of summer – what does that mean? DOG LOVER DEAR DOG LOVER: You’re hearing about the “Dog ...