Astronomers using AI have captured a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event: a massive star’s violent death triggered by its black hole companion. The explosion, known as SN 2023zkd, not only produced a ...

Mars’ atmosphere is almost pure carbon dioxide with just 0.17% oxygen. Here on Earth it is CO2 that’s barely present, since it makes up just 1/25th of 1% of our air. (NASA/Jpl, Curiosity Rover) Oxygen ...

Benita Albert brings us part two of the two-part series on the career of Bob Benjamin. His career interest in astronomy began soon after graduating from Oak Ridge High School. You will find it ...

Dr. Eli Visbal, associate professor of astronomy and lead study author, talks about the University of Toledo's possible discovery of the first stars in the universe. Letters to the editor: One of ...

A novel astronomical event, termed a "superkilonova," is proposed to explain the coincident detection of gravitational waves (S250818k), indicating a subsolar-mass neutron star merger, and an ...

Sunday, Dec. 21 is the winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. Long before modern science explained the phenomenon, ancient cultures recognized the solstice as a ...

Astronomers used subtle warps in galaxy shapes to map the invisible forces shaping the universe. By reanalyzing years of telescope images, they studied more than 100 million galaxies across an ...

Nuno Loureiro, 47, was killed by an old classmate who was on the run from a shooting at Brown University, the authorities said. By Sarah MervoshAlexander Nazaryan and Azam Ahmed Growing up in Portugal ...

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The suspect, a former Brown grad student, has been found dead, officials said. Two elite Northeast institutions of higher education have been rocked by horrific acts of gun violence, just days apart.

The suspect in the shooting Saturday at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine was found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit, authorities announced Thursday night. The same man ...

Five days after an extensive manhunt began, law enforcement closed in on the Brown University shooting suspect after the emergence of apparent ties between the attack Saturday at the Providence, Rhode ...