Sixty-six light-years away, an Earth-sized exoplanet completes an orbit in under six hours, skimming around its star at nearly one-hundredth the distance that Mercury orbits the Sun. This planet is on ...

From discovering a mysterious third radiation belt to a fiery goodbye, here's how NASA's Van Allen Probe A changed space weather science forever.

Professor Brian Cox has revealed how he left BBC bosses ‘panicked’ over potentially finding extraterrestrial life while filming one of his series.

Handwriting analysis determined that the famed astronomer made notes in this copy of the ancient Greek text in the 1590s, decades before his own observations via telescope revolutionized our ...

Four major astronomy projects worth ₹3,500 crore announced in the Union Budget, set for completion in 3 to 13 years.

Bright streaks on a small asteroid moon looked, at first, like a camera problem. They were faint, fan-shaped, and easy to ...

Top Prize Editor’s Choice by Jesse Plotkin, Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research Every year, the College of Natural Sciences invites faculty, staff and ...

Astronomers are working to capture the first-ever video of a black hole — a groundbreaking effort that could shed light on how these enigmatic cosmic objects behave and offer clues about the origins ...

Astronomy content creator Sunshine Nate visited Hawaiʻi to capture a rare planetary parade and blood moon eclipse. Along the ...

Finding Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars and identifying signs of life such as oxygen or water is a major goal in ...

Every year, AIP awards physical scientists for their leadership and excellence. In recognition of women in the physical ...

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...