What will happen to Earth when our Sun burns out? A newly discovered planetary system 4,000 light-years away might hold the ...

Now, in a first of its kind study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, researchers at UC Davis Health and other institutions have shown that gun-free zones may, in fact, reduce the ...

A new astronomy discovery center at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff is near completion and our photojournalist Levi Pettigrew took a behind the scenes look.

In a spectacular cosmic event, Earth is about to get a "second moon" this fall. An asteroid passing through the Earth will be ...

It’s an exciting time for astronomy enthusiasts as Earth will temporarily get a second moon for almost two months. A recent ...

The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate ...

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 ...

Any day now, our night sky will host a guest star.

Sep. 26, 2024 — A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a ...

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), University of Cambridge researchers led a study in the journal Nature Astronomy revealing the exact amount of gas being uncontrollably pulled into ...