People usually apply to graduate programs at research universities in Washington. But uncertain funding means there could be ...

Westlake University held the founding ceremony for its Department of Astronomy at Yungu Campus on Oct. 18, marking the ...

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ...

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

Nearly nine out of ten campuses offering physics courses offer an algebra- and trigonometry-based course; nonetheless, this ...

The newly discovered structure, known as a cosmic filament, includes a “razor-thin” thread of galaxies. It’s giant, it spins, ...

Astronomers have captured unprecedented, detailed images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their ...

As a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, AIP is a federation that advances the success of our Member Societies and an institute that ...

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

The year's final full moon will hit the skies tonight as temperatures plunge below zero. Here's how Illinois residents can ...