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

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...

The number of satellites is increasing rapidly, which is becoming a problem for astronomy. An unexpected TV signal in ...

The annual event celebrates the discovery of the little planet with a big heart and other scientific advances at Flagstaff, ...

Head to the Wisdom Airport for skijoring Saturday and Sunday. Watch riders on horseback pull skiers through a designated ...

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

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor reports the first space mission led by the U-M Department of Astronomy is scheduled ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party—and it is weird, wild and wonderful.

A team of astronomers looking at data from the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in Western Australia were met with a ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

From supermoons to an eclipse and star parties at national parks, these captivating celestial phenomena will get Americans ...