Observational astronomy also makes us appreciate the planet we have. Earth’s two nearest planets —- Venus and Mars —- are hardly hotbeds of habitability. In short, even if you're freezing ...

Welcome to the Observational Astronomy group. This research group is led by Professor Silas Laycock. We work on X-ray binaries, Accretion, Black Holes, mathematical modeling and theoretical ...

This new program, called the Unistellar College Astronomy Network (UCAN), has the goal of encouraging observational astronomy and inquiry-based science education experiences for teachers and students.

Astronomy and planetary science are the study ... exhibiting both electromagnetic and gravitational wave signatures. Observations of polarized thermal emission from dust grains in the ...

Findings from Brown University researchers, published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, provide astronomers with a new method to identify and filter out unwanted radio ...

Astronomy is arguably the oldest science, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature — the first quasar, the first exoplanet, the nature of spiral nebulae, to name but a few of ...

The most powerful neutrino on record, with help from a deep-sea sensor, has provided the first evidence for high-energy ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.