Metallicity is a fundamental part of the Universe. The Big Bang created mostly hydrogen, the simplest and lightest element, ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

Mississippi State's Department of Physics and Astronomy, along with the Astronomy Club, plans to host a special event just in ...

A new dataset from the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is now publicly available, opening the door for scientists worldwide to make discoveries in one of the richest molecular clouds in our galaxy, TMC-1.

The SETI Institute announced today that the California Academy of Sciences has awarded its highest honor, the Fellows Medal, ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this week as the Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak — with a rare appearance of Comet ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

For years, scientists have viewed our solar system as isolated within the vast emptiness of space. But recent findings have ...

November's full moon will be the closest supermoon of 2025, set to shine for days. Here's when to watch and what to know ...

Time crystals exhibit perpetual motion-like behavior when separated from external energy input, but scientists found a way to ...

Elizabeth C. Babcock, who previously worked as president and CEO of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum in ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to ...