Discover Cape Town's South African Astronomical Observatory this July with stargazing nights, tours and free National Science ...

In the year 185 C.E, Chinese astronomers spotted a supernova and dubbed it the "guest star." The National Science ...

Astronomers have made an astonishing discovery that may transform our understanding of planetary formation. The ...

Science operations at the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope will conclude Sept. 15 so it can be decommissioned, University of ...

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

For Tré Willingham, pursuing a doctorate degree at UC Irvine has felt isolating at times. Often the only Black student in his ...

A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate of ...

The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope is one of thirteen working telescopes on the mountain’s summit and the third to be decommissioned.

UKIRT on Maunakea. The University of Hawaiʻi is taking another significant step toward reducing the number of telescopes on ...

Seismic data from NASA’s InSight mission reveals a hidden compositional boundary inside Mars that matches what forms inside ...

The Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun a 10-year sky survey, using the world’s largest digital camera to find asteroids, ...

The Trump administration has tapped a Harvard professor with controversial theories about aliens to lead a team of scientists ...