The gender imbalance that has existed for years in astronomy research and publishing worsened when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down labs and sent scientists home. Prior to the pandemic, female ...
Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shut down labs and sent scientists home to work, female astronomers on average published about nine papers for every 10 published by men — a rate that has ...
After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 ...
With this issue, Astronomy celebrates its 50th anniversary. I bought the first issue of the magazine from a newsstand in Columbus, Ohio. While the stories eventually drew my interest, I was more ...
Our Universe was 'pre-heated' in its early moments, according to a new study from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), challenging assumptions it emerged from an ultracold ...
After 43 years with Astronomy, including 23 years as Editor-in-Chief, David J. Eicher is transitioning to a new role as the magazine’s Editor Emeritus. Eicher is one of the most widely recognized ...
In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter ...
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SINGAPORE - Five students from Singapore clinched four gold medals and a bronze at an international Olympiad for astronomy and astrophysics – the country’s best performance in nearly 20 years. The ...
Various studies have shown that when the pandemic shut down universities in early 2020, academics hunkered down and pushed out more papers. A new study shows this to be the case within the field of ...