Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and observe a planetary nebula in the ...

A wandering black hole rips a star to shreds before swallowing it in a spectacular burst of radiation. The paper published in ...

In the new study, however, astronomers used the cutting-edge "Keck Planet Finder" (KPF) instrument as the W. M. Keck ...

The Rho Ophiuchi nebula system is the closest star-forming region to Earth, and as such has come under the scrutiny of both ...

Women have long contributed meaningful scientific discoveries to the field of astronomy; however, men have primarily ...

The most recent measurement of a nearby galaxy cluster is deepening a disagreement about how fast the universe is expanding — ...

Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its home galaxy ripping a star to shreds — providing, for the ...

Jackie explains that a laser inside the tubes is split, bounces off mirrors, and goes straight back to sensors at the center ...

Using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array, astronomers have revealed for the first time the huge flow ...

Barlow Planetarium, 1478 Midway Road, Menasha, will host several events and shows in honor of National Astronomy Day from ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...