Weeks before Europa Clipper was to be shipped for launch, scientists discovered a potentially fatal flaw that might endanger the spacecraft’s ability to study an ocean moon of Jupiter. By ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more top down than bottom up. By Katrina Miller The SpaceX capsule, whose ...

Organizers promise a wide array of STEM and art-related activities, such as Challenger Learning Center missions, moongazing, ...

Optical interferometry has been a long-proven science method that involves using several separate telescopes to act as one big telescope, thus achieving more accurate data as opposed to each ...

Sep. 13, 2024 — Physicists propose that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how ...

Featured in the IMAX documentary, the Webb Telescope reveals the glittering ... the James Webb Space Telescope has already proven itself as one of humanity's greatest achievements in astronomy, ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former manager of the machine shop at the University of Iowa's Department of Physics and Astronomy deposited nearly $1 million that should have gone to the university ...

The phases of Venus, the Aurora Australis and the International Space Station transiting the Sun all feature as category winners in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Ryan Imperio ...

The next day, the moon will occult Saturn, passing in front of it from our perspective. In astronomy, an occultation occurs when one celestial body passes in front of another, temporarily ...

Mankind's endless fascination with gazing up at the night sky has led to some incredible documentaries around astronomy. When it comes to astronomy, there are thousands of movies and documentaries ...

Even if the stars within those boundaries change, the boundaries themselves do not. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Every astronomical object, regardless of its nature, now unequivocally belongs to ...