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

The sky is awash with radio-frequency interference (RFI), but thanks to two astronomers who tracked down a stray TV broadcast ...

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

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

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and catch the Moon as it passes by Antares, the brightest star in the ...

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

It is clear that human beings, throughout history, have always had a constant curiosity to discover everything that happens ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and spot the elusive zodiacal light. Caused by light reflecting and scattering off dust in the plane of our solar system, one of the best times to ...

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

In an email to employees, the company’s chief executive said the company had become bloated during its growth in recent years. By Karen Weise and Kenneth Chang It’s the most energetic ...