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The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered ...

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

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while ...

Astronomers find a new moon orbiting Uranus, boosting its known satellites to 29 using the James Webb Space Telescope.

The discussion underscored how citizen scientists, by contributing thousands of data points from around the world, are ...

April 24, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) will collaborate on astronomy research, space science education and public outreach. This ...

The latest exhibit at the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory’s Astronomy Hub on Park Street is as artistically inspiring as ...

From rainbows made indoors to lasers dancing across mirrors, these light experiments transform simple science into ...

The article details the historical underrepresentation of women in astronomy, highlighting the significant contributions of numerous women despite facing systemic challenges such as limited access ...