Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

Researchers worry an “extinction-level event” is coming for space science as the Trump administration looks to slash spending ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, c William ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

The Al-Ojairi Scientific Center has announced that the first day of Eid Al- Fitr will be on March 30. The center explained it ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), has developed ...

At the Harvard College Observatory in years around 1900, women were hired to make measurements of astronomical data and do ...

Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

Earth’s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon. By Katrina Miller By signing deals with India’s two biggest telecom ...