Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the ...

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

But the newly discovered supernova, dubbed SN 2021yfj, displayed a startling different chemical signature containing silicon, ...

Stars die and vanish from sight all the time, but astronomers were puzzled when one that had been stable for more than a decade almost disappeared for eight months.

Archaeologists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery: a stone carving that appears to be an ancient map of the stars.

That appears to be changing, with adjustments to the astronomy curriculum that faculty believe will make an astronomy minor more accessible to students with a deep interest in the subject but a ...

The York County Astronomical Society will have a public event Saturday, Aug. 30, at their observatory located at John Rudy ...

The University of North Carolina Asheville ’s Department of Physics and Astronomy recently launched a new astronomy major — the first in the state school system and second in the state.

These concepts are key in the study of astronomy, Petit said, because “it can be hard to wrap your mind around how big and how vast the distances are.” The module format for these assignments is ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy on March 21 details for the first time the carbon footprint of astronomical research.