What will be the second in a sequence of “supermoons” will dominate the night skies over Philly this week and be a high point ...

I/ATLAS has made a reappearance. According to the New York Post, contrary to viral claims suggesting that 3I/ATLAS had ...

This point, known as perihelion, was around 210 million kilometers from the sun, or 1.4 times the distance between the sun ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030 its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ...

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

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new way to investigate dark matter by studying faint radio waves from the Universe’s earliest era, known as the cosmic dark ages. Their research ...

The Wow! Signal, a mysterious 1977 radio burst, is being revisited by scientists who explore a potential link to the ...

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 — ...

Researchers have believed that Segue 1, a puny galaxy orbiting the Milky Way just 75,000 light-years away, was packed with dark matter, a substance in space that doesn't shine or interact with light.

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

When the rings are close to edgewise, they appear less bright, presenting a fine opportunity to observe Saturn’s moons. The brightest, Titan, has a 16-day orbit, and appears farthest east of the ...

This is the first time the novel imaging technique has been applied to telescopes. For the first time, astronomers have ...