Astronomers have identified asteroid 2022 WJ1 as the smallest asteroid ever characterized, measuring just 16 to 27 inches in ...

Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy (PEA) has a limited number of free reservations for the Dec. 7, 2024, ...

Astronomers capture the first detailed image of WOH G64, a star 2,000 times bigger than the Sun, as it nears its supernova stage, 160,000 light-years away.

Scientists capture first-ever detailed image of the dying star WOH G64, located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, revealing its dramatic ejection of gases before a potential ...

A shockwave caused by the galaxy NGC 7318b slamming into four other galaxies is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter." ...

In an international study led by Western University and Lowell Observatory, scientists describe a pioneering, integrative ...

Astronomers have snapped the first detailed close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way, and what they found is amazing.

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of binary star systems, consisting of a white dwarf and a main sequence star ...

The Friday before this one, I had a fantastic opportunity to serve as resident astronomer for the evening at Leonardo’s ...

Should art museums be showing art history? Or cultural history, which isn't the same thing? Getty and LACMA exhibitions give ...

Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift in cosmic terms - in a discovery that challenges the current understanding ...

Sunday, November 24 Venus lingers long after sunset in the last weeks of the month, now setting nearly three hours after the ...