On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which holds the largest digital camera in the world, is ...

The Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ telescope is ideal for beginners and a tempting early Black Friday telescope deal, now 32% ...

In the 1997 movie "Contact," adapted from Carl Sagan's 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega ...

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, where the pursuit of scientific discovery and innovation meets cutting-edge research and academic excellence. Our ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

Astronomers study this light to learn about the formation of the universe and the nature of the cosmos. Talk starts at 7:30 PM, but astronomy-lovers are invited to mix and mingle before the lecture ...

Keen photographers recount how earthly and natural challenges nearly scupper their chances. Photographers from across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire caught the supermoon on camera. The brightness ...

It's time to add another event to the astronomy list, because a comet will be visible for much of the month of October, and it's a particularly bright one. The comet in question is called Comet C ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — New research in our Milky Way has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest ...

The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests. By Eric Lipton As chair of the White ...

Most of the diverse elements in the universe come from supernovae. We are, quite literally, made of the dust of those long-dead stars and other astrophysical processes. But the details of how it ...