The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...

Not many people can say they've been given a private piano recital by Sir Anthony Hopkins. But that's exactly what happened ...

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy ...

Astronomers are hustling to use interplanetary spacecraft to study the interstellar comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS while the sun is hiding it from Earth ...

The beaver supermoon will peak over Lexington at 8:19 a.m. Eastern Standard Time Wednesday, Nov. 5, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Because the moon will be below the horizon at that time, you ...

Does a video clip show new footage of the Comet 3I/ATLAS? No, that's not true: This video did not originate from any research ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer. With the number of exoplanets having ...

The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, boasting a guest list of nearly ...

DeGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist, spoke in front of 4,000 people at a summit in Erie in Oct. 29.

• Chippewa Valley Principal and author/illustrator Frank Bellomo will visit the Main Library at 6 p.m. Nov. 6 to read picture books. Enjoy live readings, creative crafts inspired by his stories, and a ...

Five years ago, longtime Somerville resident Suzanne was writing more thank you letters than usual, and to a surprising recipient: the City Council. Suzanne was undoubtedly prepared for this moment — ...

My weather app is full of it, I grumbled to myself as minutes turned to anxiety-inducing hours beneath thick clouds—not the clear skies my phone had promised. I’m not new to meteorological mind games.