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

Sunspot AR3229 erupted with an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

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

Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

"Ten, nine, eight…” shouted students at St. Matthew’s as they sat behind a chain-link fence, watching a science experiment ...

Small and unassuming, Segue 1 is a nearby dwarf galaxy containing only a handful of stars—too few to provide the gravity ...

A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion ...

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 ...

Elizabeth C. Babcock, the founding director of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C., returns ...

University of California, Irvine. An international team of researchers has identified a strong candidate for a nearby, potentially rocky exoplanet orbiting within its star’s temperate zone. The world, ...

To compensate, Sarían, who is studying astronomy at Ohio State University in Columbus ... Earlier this year, many university ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...