"It's probably one of the most compelling scientific stories in Michigan over the last century," said Jim Shedlowsky, an amateur astronomer ... McMaths a prestigious John Price Wetherill Medal ...

A former leading astronomer has walked free from court with ... Newtownards Magistrates Court heard how predatory pervert John Flynn, once described as “beyond rehabilitation”, weaselled ...

As a result, the science of cosmology exploded almost overnight. Hubble's contemporary, the distinguished Harvard astronomer Harlow Shapley, upon Hubble notifying him of the discovery, was devastated.

Stephen D. Beckman, 88, passed away Monday, January 13, 2025. Steve was born on October 5, 1936, in Augusta, GA and grew up in Columbia, SC where he graduated from the University of South Carolina.

On Jan. 13, 1986, astronomer Stephen Synnott, using data collected by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, discovered three additional moons in orbit around Uranus. Those moons are Desdemona, Rosalind and ...

Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, explained that the planets don't suddenly "click" into visible positions on certain dates. They come into various alignments above our ...

Using commercially available telescopes and spectral filters, an amateur astronomer named Steve Hill collected data to map the abundance of ammonia in Jupiter's atmosphere, but Hill ultimately ...

In 1928, the amateur astronomer was offered a job at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, where he discovered Pluto. In 1934, he married Patricia Edson. They had two children, Annette and Alden.

John Mahama has been sworn in for a second term as Ghana’s president at a ceremony in the capital Accra, with around 20 African leaders in attendance. Mahama won 56 percent of the vote in the ...

In Into the Unknown:The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos, author and astronomer Kelsey Johnson argues that humanity is becoming increasingly detached from the universe—a growing ...

Few knew President Jimmy Carter, who had a fascination with astronomy, used to go to the roof of the White House to stargaze. Credit: H. Christoph / ullstein bild / contributor via Getty Images ...

Earth is surrounded by a giant magnetic bubble called the magnetosphere, which is is part of a dynamic, interconnected system that responds to solar, planetary, and interstellar conditions. Credit: ...