On January 26, 1978, the International Ultraviolet Explorer launched into orbit on a mission to study ultraviolet light ...

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...

JWST revealed a massive star that ended its life in an explosion when the universe was just a cosmic toddler.

A research team at the , Academia Sinica (ASIAA) has achieved groundbreaking insights into the physics of supernova ...

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Supernovae are one of the most useful events in all of astronomy. Scientists can directly measure their power, their spin, ...

The mystery of the Hubble tension has deepened with the startling finding that the Coma Cluster of galaxies is 38 million ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

At this week's AAS national meeting, the society named UC Observatories Director Bruce Macintosh and two alumni, Laura Lopez ...

The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.

Webb's observations of infrared light echoes near Cassiopeia A unveil the complex 3D structure of interstellar dust and gas, ...

The Martz-Kohl Observatory will host astronomer Erica mEssmer today at 7:30 p.m. Messmer’s discussion, titled “When Stars ...