An international team has launched an ambitious program aimed at mapping exoplanets located around the "hot Neptune desert," ...

Science history On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular ...

The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

Chushiro Hayashi (1920-2010) earned a physics degree from the University of Tokyo in 1942, followed by a doctorate in 1954. Following postwar naval service, he became a professor at Kyoto University ...

HT spoke at length with Fr Richard via an email interview about his appointment, his responsibilities and how faith and ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could be the result of dark matter particles colliding, or it might come from ...

Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...

Explore the universe with multi-messenger astronomy, combining light, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays for a complete view.

Called 51 Pegasi b, it was a world like nothing we had ever seen before ... European Space Agency's forthcoming planet-finding PLATO mission and a professor of astronomy at the University of Warwick ...

When it comes to ancient civilizations and the rich tapestry of human history, some countries stand out for their remarkable longevity and cultural heritage. The world is home to several nations that ...

In truth, the world we know was built on Africa. To tell the story of modernity without Africa is to erase the foundations of global history. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, West African ...

The Octagon Earthworks here speak to us from 2,000 years ago — and they speak to the fraught cultural moment in which we find ...