When the National Science Foundation announced a competition to fund institutes in astronomy and AI in the summer of 2023, ...

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

April 24, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) will collaborate on astronomy research, space science education and public outreach. This ...

The Very Large Array, located in New Mexico, is part of facility of the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory. (Bettymaya Foott, NRAO/AUI/NSF; available under Creative ...

Dark energy and black holes are two of the most mysterious topics when it comes to space, but they might actually be linked.

PROVO, Utah ( ABC4) — Brigham Young University (BYU) is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a scientific twist. Instead of ...

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The comet's closest approach to ...

Hair-raising experiments and mad scientists took over the corridors of Kelly Thompson Hall on Tuesday night for the second ...

Astronomy is Wooten’s passion. Her love for the stars and the great beyond stemmed from a deep sense of wonder she first experienced at the age of 13. “I was walking home from a friend’s house and ...

The Department's annual fund supports undergraduate research, scholarships, lab upgrades, and public outreach efforts in physics & astronomy. This fund supports the Sac State Planetarium’s educational ...