The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's ...

This newly discovered explosion reveals the inner workings of a dying star.

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

NASA's proposed 2026 budget is dramatically smaller than its current budget. Many NASA science missions face cuts or cancellation. Some major telescopes and planetary exploration projects are at ...

The discussion underscored how citizen scientists, by contributing thousands of data points from around the world, are ...

The latest exhibit at the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory’s Astronomy Hub on Park Street is as artistically inspiring as ...

From rainbows made indoors to lasers dancing across mirrors, these light experiments transform simple science into ...

The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Mumbai suspends Israel as a recognized national team.