In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

A 20-year-old planetarium, never used before, rediscovered by accident, now helps students explore constellations from new perspectives.

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

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

As the night grows long and the winter solstice approaches, there’s a host of astronomical events to watch out for, including ...

Naseemah Mohamed’s newest genealogy course helps students recover family history and connect with their roots.

The Subaru Telescope’s new Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) now carries the name ʻŌnohiʻula, following a naming ceremony Nov.

Using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), an international research team including Western's Stanimir Metchev ...

It's no mystery why December's full moon is commonly referred to as the "Cold Moon," or the "Winter Maker Moon," according to ...

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

Astronomers, ecologists, and other scientists from around the world submitted mind-bending images representing their fields.