Born Nov. 2, 1885, In Missouri, Harlow Shapley earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1913. From 1914 to 1921, he was ...

Comet Lemmon, which gave us a great show in October, is slowly fading and dropping lower in the southwestern sky. When the ...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new way to investigate dark matter by studying faint radio waves from the ...

Stargazers using telescopes should be able to see the object in the predawn sky beginning Nov. 11, according to EarthSky.

Nov. 17: The Leonid Meteor Shower should be best from 1 a.m. to dawn. Under dark sky conditions, the Leonids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Nov. 5: Full hunter supermoon — ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows crimson as newborn stars ignite clouds of gas and dust.

The scientists said the presumed area where the fragments had landed is hard to access, because of bogs, lakes and forests around ...

The most prominent clouds here are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body, while the other parts of the bat have no official designation. Credit: ...

David Eicher is one of the most widely recognized astronomy enthusiasts in the world. He has been with Astronomy magazine for more than 40 years, beginning as an assistant editor and working through ...

Learn more about the Society of Physics Students with SPS Director and AIP Student Engagement Officer Alejandro de la Puente ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and ...