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 ...

The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more than 7000 of them in our Galaxy. But there are ...

Using the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the Apache Point Observatory (APO), an international team of astronomers has detected 19 pulsation modes in an ultra-massive white dwarf known as WD ...

Jan. 29, 2025 — New research has combined cosmological data from two major surveys of the universe's evolutionary history and found hints that it may be less clumpy at certain points than ...

That community includes U.S. and Chilean citizens. Each observatory dedicates significant resources to promoting science and astronomy. “In more than 40 years of doing outreach at the Cerro ...

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

The founder of Astronomy Ireland has now been attached to an employment rights claim by a former manager who has accused him of "pocketing" money meant to go to the science organisation.

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has expressed concerns over the illegal acquisition of lands surrounding the Ghana ...