The American Astronomical Society (AAS), the SETI Institute, and the NASA Community College Network (NCCN) have teamed up to provide an exciting and impactful program that brings top astronomy ...

"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, ...

Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

A research team led by Dr. Shen Jinhua from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has investigated rapid spatiotemporal vertical electric currents (VECs) ...

I’m by no means a scientist (let’s be real—I’m far from it). But an introductory astronomy class in college did spark my curiosity, and raise some questions, about the marvels of the ...

Astronomers have identified a new kind of cosmic explosion extreme nuclear transients so powerful they outshine typical supernovae by orders of magnitude and stay bright for years. Triggered when ...