Astronomers have found a world shrouded in an atmosphere of water vapor, orbiting a star 100 light-years away.

The elliptical galaxy NGC 1270 lies about 240 million light-years away. But it's not alone. It's part of the Perseus Cluster ...

Controlled chaos is a key part of forming massive stars. An international team of astronomers has observed evidence that ...

Nicolaus Copernicus is best known for his observation that the sun was at the center of our solar system, but he also made a ...

Historian William Dalrymple has described Nalanda University as the Oxbridge of ancient India which attracted students from all over, including Korea and Japan. "Nalanda - the oxbridge, the Ivy League ...

A newly discovered radio transient with a cycle of nearly an hour, presents an intriguing celestial puzzle. Exhibiting three ...

Physicists have proposed that axions, theoretical particles that could explain dark matter, may accumulate in dense clouds ...

The budget caps set by the Fiscal Responsibility Act last year are only for fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025. Which party wins the House, Senate, and White House in November, Smith observed, will ...

Satellites in orbit are already an obstacle for astronomers. Sending tens of thousands more could compound issues without any ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe one of the major meteor showers of the year. It’s called the Orionids ...

Stars don’t only bring light to the night sky — they also make music, according to Yale Assistant Professor in the Department ...

Navigating the Science of Nuclear Waste is the subject of this month’s Estes Valley Astronomical Society (EVAS) meeting. EVAS ...